---
title: "1 Pagan Virtue Quotes by 1 author"
description: "Browse 1 Pagan Virtue quotes by 1 author. Discover the best Pagan Virtue sayings and thoughts."
image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/eac/simone-weil-544_atheistic_our-patriotism-comes-straight-from-the-r_412543.jpg"
---

> [Our patriotism comes straight from the Romans. This is why French children are encouraged to seek inspiration for it in Corneille. It is a pagan virtue, if these two words are compatible. The word pagan, when applied to Rome, early…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/simone-weil/our-patriotism-comes-straight-from-the-romans-this-is-why-french/)

[Simone Weil](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/simone-weil/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/eac/simone-weil-544_atheistic_our-patriotism-comes-straight-from-the-r_412543.jpg)

```json
{
    "@context": "https://schema.org",
    "@graph": [
        {
            "@type": "ItemList",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/pagan-virtue/#itemlist",
            "name": "Pagan Virtue Quotes",
            "numberOfItems": 1,
            "itemListElement": [
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 1,
                    "item": {
                        "@type": "Quotation",
                        "text": "Our patriotism comes straight from the Romans. This is why French children are encouraged to seek inspiration for it in Corneille. It is a pagan virtue, if these two words are compatible. The word pagan, when applied to Rome, early possesses the significance charged with horror which the early Christian controversialists gave it. The Romans really were an atheistic and idolatrous people; not idolatrous with regard to images made of stone or bronze, but idolatrous with regard to themselves. It is this idolatry of self which they have bequeathed to us in the form of patriotism.",
                        "creator": {
                            "@type": "Person",
                            "name": "Simone Weil"
                        },
                        "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/simone-weil/our-patriotism-comes-straight-from-the-romans-this-is-why-french/",
                        "image": {
                            "@type": "ImageObject",
                            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/eac/simone-weil-544_atheistic_our-patriotism-comes-straight-from-the-r_412543.jpg",
                            "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/eac/simone-weil-544_atheistic_our-patriotism-comes-straight-from-the-r_412543.jpg",
                            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/eac/simone-weil-544_atheistic_our-patriotism-comes-straight-from-the-r_412543.jpg",
                            "width": 1080,
                            "height": 1080,
                            "caption": "“Our patriotism comes straight from the Romans. This is why French children are encouraged to seek…” — Simone Weil",
                            "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
                            "creator": {
                                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "@type": "CollectionPage",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/pagan-virtue/#webpage",
            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/pagan-virtue/",
            "name": "Pagan Virtue Quotes",
            "isPartOf": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website"
            },
            "mainEntity": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/pagan-virtue/#itemlist"
            },
            "primaryImageOfPage": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/eac/simone-weil-544_atheistic_our-patriotism-comes-straight-from-the-r_412543.jpg"
            },
            "description": "Browse 1 Pagan Virtue quotes by 1 author. Discover the best Pagan Virtue sayings and thoughts.",
            "breadcrumb": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/pagan-virtue/#breadcrumb"
            }
        },
        {
            "@type": "BreadcrumbList",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/pagan-virtue/#breadcrumb",
            "itemListElement": [
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 1,
                    "name": "Home",
                    "item": "https://sms4smile.com/"
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 2,
                    "name": "Quotes",
                    "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/"
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 3,
                    "name": "Topics",
                    "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/categories/"
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 4,
                    "name": "Pagan Virtue Quotes",
                    "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/pagan-virtue/"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "@type": "WebSite",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website",
            "name": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/",
            "publisher": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
            }
        },
        {
            "@type": "Organization",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization",
            "name": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/",
            "logo": {
                "@type": "ImageObject",
                "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/themes/sq/assets/icons/icon-512.png",
                "width": 512,
                "height": 512
            }
        }
    ]
}
```