Virtuous
Virtuous adjective - Conforming to a high standard of morality or virtue.
Usage example: virtuous behavior is its own reward
Wicked
Wicked adjective - Not conforming to a high moral standard; morally unacceptable.
Usage example: a wicked urge to steal just for the sake of stealing
Both words in one sentence
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The idea of a moral dichotomy in the afterlife, with different fates reserved for the virtuous and the wicked, goes back to Egyptian Mythology.
Source: Hell - Wide-Eyed Idealist: Topaze is this in spades, believing that the honest and virtuous are rewarded while liars and the wicked are punished.
Source: Film / Topaze - Measure for Measure has the just, lawful Duke put back in power, the wicked chancellor Angelo punished and made to marry his forgotten sweetheart, and the virtuous Isabella marrying the Duke. Great!
Source: Esoteric Happy Ending
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