--- title: "1 State Virtue Quotes By Robert Bolt" description: "1 State Virtue quotes by Robert Bolt. Plus more from Robert Bolt and more State Virtue sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/754/robert-bolt-21488_angel_if-we-lived-in-a-state-where-virtue-was_245666.jpg" --- > [If we lived in a State where virtue was profitable, common sense would make us good, and greed would make us saintly. And we'd live like animals or angels in the happy land that /needs/ no heroes. But since in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-bolt/if-we-lived-in-a-state-where-virtue-was-profitable-common-sense-would/) [Robert Bolt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-bolt/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/754/robert-bolt-21488_angel_if-we-lived-in-a-state-where-virtue-was_245666.jpg) ## More by Robert Bolt > [When a man takes an oath... he's holding his own self in his own hands. Like water.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-bolt/when-a-man-takes-an-oath-he-s-holding-his-own-self-in-his-own-hands/) [Robert Bolt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-bolt/) > [If we lived in a State where virtue was profitable, common sense would make us good, and greed would make us saintly. And we'd…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-bolt/if-we-lived-in-a-state-where-virtue-was-profitable-common-sense-would/) [Robert Bolt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-bolt/) > [“My master Thomas More would give anything to anyone. Some say that’s good and some say that’s bad, but I say he can’t help…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-bolt/my-master-thomas-more-would-give-anything-to-anyone-some-say-that-s/) [Robert Bolt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-bolt/) > [“More Yes. What would you do? Cut a great road through the law to get after the Devil? Roper I’d cut down every law…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-bolt/more-yes-what-would-you-do-cut-a-great-road-through-the-law-to-get/) [Robert Bolt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-bolt/) > [“Have patience, Margaret, and trouble not thyself. Death comes for us all; even at our birth—death does but stand aside a little. And every…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-bolt/have-patience-margaret-and-trouble-not-thyself-death-comes-for-us-all/) [Robert Bolt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-bolt/) > [“The nobility of England would have snored through the Sermon on the Mount. But you'll labor like scholars over a bulldog's pedigree.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-bolt/the-nobility-of-england-would-have-snored-through-the-sermon-on-the/) [Robert Bolt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-bolt/) > [ This account of him \[Thomas More\] developed as I wrote: what first attracted me was a person who could not be accused of any… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-bolt/this-account-of-him-thomas-more-developed-as-i-wrote-what-first/) [Robert Bolt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-bolt/) > [Doin' nothing's a dangerous occupation.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-bolt/doin-nothing-s-a-dangerous-occupation/) [Robert Bolt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-bolt/) > [“The currents and eddies of right and wrong, which you find such plain sailing, I can't navigate. I'm no voyager. But in the thickets…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-bolt/the-currents-and-eddies-of-right-and-wrong-which-you-find-such-plain/) [Robert Bolt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-bolt/) > [“RICH I’m lamenting. I’ve lost my innocence. CROMWELL You lost that some time ago. If you’ve only just noticed, it can’t have been very…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-bolt/rich-i-m-lamenting-i-ve-lost-my-innocence-cromwell-you-lost-that-some/) [Robert Bolt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-bolt/) > [I'm breathing . . . are you breathing too? It's nice, isn't it?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-bolt/i-m-breathing-are-you-breathing-too-it-s-nice-isn-t-it/) [Robert Bolt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-bolt/) > [Even at our birth, death does but stand aside a little. And every day he looks toward us and muses somewhat to himself whether…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-bolt/even-at-our-birth-death-does-but-stand-aside-a-little-and-every-day/) [Robert Bolt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-bolt/) > [Some men think the Earth is round, others think it flat; it is a matter capable of question. But, if it is flat, will…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-bolt/some-men-think-the-earth-is-round-others-think-it-flat-it-is-a-matter/) [Robert Bolt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-bolt/) > [“Lord, grant us rest tonight, and if we must be wakeful, cheerful.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-bolt/lord-grant-us-rest-tonight-and-if-we-must-be-wakeful-cheerful/) [Robert Bolt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-bolt/) > [“Alice More: As for understanding, I understand that you are the best man that I ever met, or am likely to; And, if you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-bolt/alice-more-as-for-understanding-i-understand-that-you-are-the-best/) [Robert Bolt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-bolt/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/state-virtue/robert-bolt/#itemlist", "name": "1 State Virtue Quotes By Robert Bolt", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "If we lived in a State where virtue was profitable, common sense would make us good, and greed would make us saintly. 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