# What is the most overrated virtue?

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [May 28, 2022, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-most-overrated-virtue/965271 "2022-05-28T20:56:53Z")\
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**Author:** ![Riemann](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/riemann/32/3133_2.png) [@Riemann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Riemann)\
**Post date:** [June 6, 2022, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-most-overrated-virtue/965271/81 "2022-06-06T17:16:40Z")

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> [@Chronos](#):
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> That’s respect for expertise, not for authority.

> [@Mijin](#):
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> Well it depends on what the OP was getting at.

> [@Thudlow\_Boink](#):
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> No, “authority” has more than one meaning.

Well I’m not prepared to accept _any_ of your assertions about what “authority” means until I see some evidence for myself.

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**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\
**Post date:** [June 6, 2022, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-most-overrated-virtue/965271/82 "2022-06-06T17:19:24Z")

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**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\
**Post date:** [June 7, 2022, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-most-overrated-virtue/965271/83 "2022-06-07T01:55:11Z")

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> [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](#):
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> _The seven deadly virtues, those ghastly little traps_  
> _Oh no, my liege, they were not meant for me_  
> _Those seven deadly virtues were made for other chaps_  
> _Who love a life of failure and ennui_  
> _Take courage; now there’s a sport_  
> _An invitation to the state of rigor mort_  
> _And purity, a noble yen_  
> _And very restful every now and then_  
> _I find humility means to be hurt_  
> _It’s not the earth the meek inherit, it’s the dirt_  
> _Honesty is fatal, it should be taboo_  
> _Diligence, a fate I would hate_  
> _If charity means giving, I give it to you_  
> _And fidelity is only for your mate_  
> _You’ll never find a virtue unstatusing my quo_  
> _Or making my Beelzebubble burst_  
> _Let others take the high road, I will take the low_  
> _I cannot wait to rush in where angels fear to go_  
> _With all those seven deadly virtues_  
> _Free and happy little me has not been cursed_  
> –Fredrick Lowe , **Camelot**

Thanks for saving me the trouble of typing all that, although I would have attributed it to **kaylasmom** ’s Uncle Alan.

Fred was the composer.

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