We see no where the pernicious effects of luxury on a republic more than in that of the ancient Romans, who immediately… — Joseph Addison Copy Share Image
Slander is perhaps the only vice which no circumstance can palliate, as well as being one which we are most ingenious in… — Jean Baptiste Massillon Copy Share Image
Since there are thousands of fairy tales, one may safely guess that there are probably equal numbers where the courage and determination… — Bruno Bettelheim Copy Share Image
Our planning system was dynamite when we first put it in. The thinking was fresh; the form mattered little. It was idea… — John Welch Copy Share Image
Ebola haunted Zaire because of corruption and political repression. The virus had no secret powers, nor was it unusually contagious. For centuries… — Laurie Garrett Copy Share Image
It is not every calamity that is a curse, and early adversity is often a blessing. Perhaps Madame de Maintenon would never… — James Sharp Copy Share Image
Vice and virtue chiefly imply the relation of our actions to men in this world; sin and holiness rather imply their relation… — Isaac Watts Copy Share Image
I am the first to admit that were I not a woman, I would not have been the vice-presidential nominee. — Geraldine Ferraro Copy Share Image
We assume therefore that moral virtue is the quality of acting in the best way in relation to pleasures and pains, and… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
Let vice and immorality of every kind be discouraged as much as possible in your brigade; and, as a chaplain is allowed… — George Washington Copy Share Image
My feeling about work is it's much more about the experience of doing it than the end product. Sometimes things that are… — Alan Cumming Copy Share Image
So behave that the odor of your actions may enhance the general sweetness of the atmosphere, that when we behold or scent… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
As a dad, you are the Vice President of the executive branch of parenting. It doesn't matter what your personality is like,… — Jim Gaffigan Copy Share Image
The Americans as a nation are killing themselves with their vices and high living. As much as a man ought to eat… — Brigham Young Copy Share Image
Yorkie has officially retired about 5 times... The man's a clown... People are going on about the game and agents and directors… — Roy Keane Copy Share Image
Wherever there are qualities there are likewise quantities, but not always vice versa. — Johannes Kepler Copy Share Image
Nothing is quite so wretchedly corrupt as an aristocracy which has lost its power but kept its wealth and which still has… — Alexis de Tocqueville Copy Share Image
No vice exists which does not pretend to be more or less like some virtue, and which does not take advantage of… — Jean de la Bruyere Copy Share Image
The whole question of pornography seems to me a question of secrecy. Without secrecy there would be no pornography. But secrecy and… — D. H. Lawrence 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
Some think to avoid the influence of metaphysical errors, by paying no attention to metaphysics; but experience shows that these men beyond… — Charles Sanders Peirce Copy Share Image
Well, here he was. They could save each other, the way the poets promised lovers should. He was mystery, he was darkness,… — Clive Barker Copy Share Image
Observe a method in the distribution of your time. Every hour will then know its proper employment, and no time will be… — Thomas Hartwell Horne Copy Share Image
Animals are nothing but the portrayal of our virtues and vices made manifest to our eyes, the visible reflections of our souls. — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
