--- title: "5 Constitutes Virtue Quotes by 4 authors" description: "Browse 5 Constitutes Virtue quotes by 4 authors. Discover the best Constitutes Virtue sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/638/anne-bronte-1444_strong-man_what-is-it-that-constitutes-virtue-mrs-g_1687666.jpg" --- > [“What is it that constitutes virtue, Mrs. Graham? Is it the circumstance of being able and willing to resist temptation; or that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-bronte/what-is-it-that-constitutes-virtue-mrs-graham-is-it-the-circumstance/) [Anne Brontë](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-bronte/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/638/anne-bronte-1444_strong-man_what-is-it-that-constitutes-virtue-mrs-g_1687666.jpg) > [.. that which renders morality an active principle and constitutes virtue our happiness, and vice our misery: it is probable, I say,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-hume/that-which-renders-morality-an-active-principle-and-constitutes/) [David Hume](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-hume/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/250/david-hume-538_active_that-which-renders-morality-an-active-pr_2442569.jpg) > [“What is it that constitutes virtue, Mrs. Graham? Is it the circumstance of being able and willing to resist temptation; or that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-bronte/what-is-it-that-constitutes-virtue-mrs-graham-is-it-the-circumstance-2/) [Anne Brontë](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-bronte/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/20b/anne-bronte-1444_prepare-for-the-wors_what-is-it-that-constitutes-virtue-mrs-g_2447721.jpg) > [Self-love, as it happens to be well or ill conducted, constitutes virtue and vice.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francois-de-la-rochefoucauld/self-love-as-it-happens-to-be-well-or-ill-conducted-constitutes/) [Francois de La Rochefoucauld](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francois-de-la-rochefoucauld/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bff/francois-de-la-rochefoucauld-1_character_self-love-as-it-happens-to-be-well-or-il_2525727.png) > [In proportion as a man is selfish, so far has he receded from the motive which constitutes virtue.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/percy-bysshe-shelley/in-proportion-as-a-man-is-selfish-so-far-has-he-receded-from-the/) [Percy Bysshe Shelley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/percy-bysshe-shelley/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/963/percy-bysshe-shelley-476_character_in-proportion-as-a-man-is-selfish-so-far_3122809.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/constitutes-virtue/#itemlist", "name": "Constitutes Virtue Quotes", "numberOfItems": 5, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“What is it that constitutes virtue, Mrs. Graham? 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