We may so seize on virtue, that if we embrace it with an overgreedy and violent desire, it may become vicious. — Michel de Montaigne Copy Share Image
There are two differing approaches and they have different virtues, the method of talent management and recruitment. — John Gibbons Copy Share Image
One's virtue is all that one truly has, because it is not imperiled by the vicissitudes of fortune. — Boethius Copy Share Image
Happiness, whether in despotism or democracy, whether in slavery or liberty, can never be found without virtue — John Adams Copy Share Image
No free government can stand without virtue in the people, and a lofty spirit of partiotism. — Andrew Jackson Copy Share Image
Competition is such a virtue, and everybody's so busy competing, they have no time for compassion. — Major Owens Copy Share Image
Once a woman parts with her virtue, she loses the esteem even of the man whose vows and tears won her to… — Miguel de Cervantes Copy Share Image
“The loss of virtue in a female is irretrievable - that one false step involves in her endless ruin - that her… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
I believe that communal admiration of individuals is healthy for society. It facilitates, in one way, the base of our universal standard,… — Jack Gleeson Copy Share Image
One of the most difficult tests for the creator: he must always remain unconscious, unaware of his best virtues, if he doesn't… — Rainer Maria Rilke Copy Share Image
The sun as the expression of old world energy is torn down from the heavens by modern man, who by virtue of… — El Lissitzky Copy Share Image
As far as the people that have inspired me, they're the people that I have played with the most. For example, the… — Eldar Djangirov Copy Share Image
My mother spoke of Christ to my father, by her feminine and childlike virtues, and, after having borne his violence without a… — Saint Augustine Copy Share Image
Interest has the security, though not the virtue of a principle. As the world goes, it is the surest side; for men… — William Penn Copy Share Image
He is not a bad fellow, though an absolute imbecile in his profession. He has one positive virtue. He is as brave… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
We, the lineal representatives of the successful enactors of one scene of slaughter after another, must, whatever more pacific virtues we may… — William James Copy Share Image
In most cases an act of unwelcome sex is no more bother than being vaccinated, so there's no point going on about… — Quentin Crisp Copy Share Image
“Olivier took a deep breath, then turned and bowed in farewell. Gersonides nodded in return, then thought of something. "The manuscript you… — Iain Pears Copy Share Image
What men and women need is encouragement. Their natural resisting powers should be strengthened, not weakened ... Instead of always harping on… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Religion shows a pattern of heredity which I think is similar to genetic heredity. ... There are hundreds of different religious sects,… — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
Really unreflective people are now inwardly without Christianity, and the more moderate and reflective people of the intellectual middle class now possess… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
“The rain began to fall harder, and it distracted him, but he tried to pull himself back because he felt on the… — Robert Boswell Copy Share Image
Wolves which batten upon lambs, lambs consumed by wolves, the strong who immolate the weak, the weak victims of the strong: there… — Marquis de Sade Copy Share Image
If virtue & knowledge are diffused among the people, they will never be enslav'd. This will be their great security. — Samuel Adams Copy Share Image
Struggle is the father of all things, virtue lies in blood, leadership is primary and decisive — Adolf Hitler Copy Share Image
I think the first virtue is to restrain the tongue; he approaches nearest to gods who knows how to be silent, even… — Cato the Elder Copy Share Image
There should be no such thing as a vice law. Every vice is only a bad habit, and the punishment is inherent… — Doug Stanhope Copy Share Image
Some mothers need happy children; others need unhappy ones-otherwise they cannot prove their maternal virtues. — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
Can words such as Orthodox, Jew, or Catholic really express some sort of exclusive personal virtues or merits? — Anton Chekhov Copy Share Image
I would say that by virtue of transforming politics, [Dalai Lama] is in fact easily underestimated. — Pico Iyer Copy Share Image
Five things constitute perfect virtue: gravity, magnanimity, earnestness, sincerity and kindness — Confucius Copy Share Image
Virtue is relative at best, there's nothing worse than a sunset when your driving due West. — Ani DiFranco Copy Share Image
There is also something excellent in every audience,the capacity of virtue. They are ready to be beatified. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I think everyone is given drama, by virtue of the fact that we all have drama in our lives, but not everyone… — Matthew Lillard Copy Share Image
Small faults and virtues are for daily life. The big ones are for emergencies. — Mason Cooley Copy Share Image
The moral cement of all society is virtue; it unites and preserves, while vice separates and destroys. — Charles Caleb Colton Copy Share Image
If the highest things are unknowable, then the highest capacity or virtue of man cannot be theoretical wisdom. — Leo Strauss Copy Share Image
“Truth is a saint. Courage is a warrior. Virtue is a priest. Prudence is a sage.” — Matshona Dhliwayo Copy Share Image
Wrong people are wrong not because of their faults but because of their presumed virtues. — William A. Dembski Copy Share Image
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