The virtue of the country is that it makes you thirsty for the city. — Sam Waterston Copy Share Image
A man is fortunate if he encounters living examples of vice, as well as of virtue, to inspire him. — Brendan Behan Copy Share Image
If prosperity is regarded as the reward of virtue it will be regarded as the symptom of virtue. — Gilbert K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
There are no women to whom virtue comes easier than those who possess no attractions. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
What is the virtue and service of a book? Only to help me live less gingerly and shabbily. — Christopher Morley Copy Share Image
Riches are but a means, or instrument; and the virtue of an instrument lies in its use. — Benjamin Whichcote Copy Share Image
A sacrament by virtue of which each imparts nothing but vexations to the other. — Honore de Balzac Copy Share Image
Personally I regard idling as a virtue, but civilized society holds otherwise. — J. Maarten Troost Copy Share Image
Love is the source of every virtue in you and of every deed which deserves punishment. — Dante Alighieri Copy Share Image
It is the peculiar boast of our country, that her happiness is alone dependent on the collective wisdom and virtue of her… — George Washington Copy Share Image
Every trait of beauty may be referred to some virtue, as to innocence, candor, generosity, modesty, or heroism. St. Pierre To cultivate… — Christian Nestell Bovee Copy Share Image
A virtuous and well-disposed person, like a good metal, the more he is fired, the more he is fined; the more he… — Cardinal Richelieu Copy Share Image
In testimony of their Respect For The Patriot of incorruptible Integrity, The Soldier of approved Valour The Statesman of consummate Wisdom; Whose… — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
Lucky are you, reader, if you happen not to be of that sex to whom it is forbidden all good things; to… — Marie de Gournay Copy Share Image
The virtue of Love is nothing and all, or that Nothing visible out of which All Things proceed. Its power is through… — Jakob Bohme Copy Share Image
Virtue and taste are nearly the same, for virtue is little more than active taste, and the most delicate affections of each… — Ann Radcliffe Copy Share Image
All citizens including women are equally admissible to all public dignities, offices, and employments, according to their capacity, and with no other… — Olympe de Gouges Copy Share Image
Our patriotism comes straight from the Romans. This is why French children are encouraged to seek inspiration for it in Corneille. It… — Simone Weil Copy Share Image
Book critics or theatre critics can be derisively negative and gain delighted praise for the trenchant with of their review. But in… — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
There learned arts do flourish in great honour And poets's wits are had in peerless price; Religion hath lay power, to rest… — Edmund Spenser Copy Share Image
Gratitude is a virtue disposing the mind to an inward sense and an outward acknowledgment of a benefit received, together with a… — Pierre Charron Copy Share Image
We often wonder why God gives and takes, constricts and expands. What we forget is that human beings understand things by their… — Yasmin Mogahed Copy Share Image
What is the good life? What is the good man? The good woman? What is the good society and what is my… — Abraham Maslow Copy Share Image
It is easy to obtain confirmations, or verifications, for nearly every theory-if we look for confirmations. Confirmations should count only if they… — Karl Popper Copy Share Image
“Those with enlightened virtue please the people, those without enlightened virtue please themselves. Those who please the people grow, those who please… — Thomas Cleary Copy Share Image
