Those who will may raise monuments of marble to perpetuate the fame of heroes. Those who will may build memorial halls to… — Joshua Chamberlain Copy Share Image
To save our imperiled honor everything must be sacrificed, even virtue. — Jean Racine Copy Share Image
I say that virtue is really all about enjoying yourself, living fully; but of course it is far from obvious what living… — Terry Eagleton Copy Share Image
I forsee a marked deterioration in American musicand a host of other injuries to music in its artistic manifestations, by virtue—or rather… — John Philip Sousa Copy Share Image
A healthy social life is found only, when in the mirror of each soul the whole community finds its reflection, and when… — Rudolf Steiner Copy Share Image
There are many eyes that can detect and honor the prudent and household virtues; there are many that can discern Genius on… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Industry and frugality, as the means of procuring wealth . . . thereby [secures] virtue, it being more difficult for a man… — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
Since nobody upstages Rudolph Giuliani, his will be a Broadway-class show, perhaps his final bravura performance before November 2000, when he hopes… — Gail Sheehy Copy Share Image
No race has a monopoly on vice or virtue, and the worth of an individual is not related to the color of… — Whitney M. Young Copy Share Image
The motives of the best actions will not bear too strict an inquiry. It is allowed that the cause of most actions,… — Jonathan Swift Copy Share Image
Minds that are great and free, should not on fortune pause: 'Tis crown enough to virtue still, her own applause. — Ben Jonson Copy Share Image
The myths and folk tales of the whole world make clear that the refusal is essentially a refusal to give up what… — Joseph Campbell Copy Share Image
I hear you reproach, "But delay was best, For their end was a crime." Oh, a crime will do As well, I… — Robert Browning Copy Share Image
It is . . . [the citizens] choice, and depends upon their conduct, whether they will be respectable and prosperous, or contemptable… — George Washington Copy Share Image
Can it be, that Providence has not connected the permanent felicity of a Nation with its virtue? The experiment, at least, is… — George Washington Copy Share Image
Interactivity has the virtue of democracy, conferring upon everyone with access to a computer the right and opportunity to be heard, but… — Wendy Kaminer Copy Share Image
Prepare now for the temple, the mountain of the Lord. Never allow the goal of the temple to be out of your… — Elaine S. Dalton Copy Share Image
Virtue may be assailed, but never hurt, Surprised by unjust force, but not enthralled. — John Milton Copy Share Image
It seems to me that if one had kept silence up to now regarding religion, people would still be submerged in the… — Denis Diderot Copy Share Image
Thus we can see that – at least at the level of economics – democracy is a sort of slow-motion suicide, in… — Stefan Molyneux Copy Share Image
Used to be, conservatives revered the Average American, that Norman Rockwell oil painting of diner food, humble faith, honest toil, and Capraesque… — James Wolcott Copy Share Image
Don't be too severe in criticizing people's faults; consider how much they can bear. Don't be too lofty in enjoining virtue, so… — Zicheng Hong Copy Share Image
It may here be justly said, that genuine morality is preserved only in the school of adversity, and a state of continuous… — Friedrich Schiller Copy Share Image
We must define flattery and praise; they are distinct. Trajan was encouraged to virtue by the panegyric Pliny; Tiberius became obstinate in… — Louis XVI of France Copy Share Image
Where you see valid achievements or virtue being attacked, it's by someone viewing them as a mirror of their own inadequacy instead… — Vanna Bonta Copy Share Image
Get to part B, Daniel. Think fast. Patience is a virtue, and you know how Cam feels about those. — Lauren Kate Copy Share Image
Whether this will prove a blessing or a curse, will depend upon the use our people will make of the blessings which… — Patrick Henry Copy Share Image
The fact that millions of people share the same vices does not make these vices virtues, the fact that they share so… — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
God has been very good to me, for I never dwell upon anything wrong which a person has done, so as to… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Shall ignorance of good and ill Dare to direct the eternal will? Seek virtue, and of that possest, To Providence resign the… — John Gay Copy Share Image
The virtues, like the Muses, are always seen in groups. A good principle was never found solitary in any breast. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I, methought, while the sweet breath of heaven Was blowing on my body, felt within A correspondent breeze, that gently moved With… — William Wordsworth Copy Share Image
We hate virtue when it is safe; when removed from our sight we diligently seek it. [Lat., Virtutem incolumem odimus, Sublatum ex… — Horace Copy Share Image
Justice is the foremost virtue of the civilizing races. It subdues the barbarous nations, while injustice arouses the weakest. — Jose Rizal Copy Share Image
We do not act rightly because we have virtue or excellence. But they hesitate, waiting for the other fellow to make the… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
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![“It is . . . [the citizens] choice, and depends upon their conduct, whether they will be respectable and prosperous, or contemptable and miserable as a Nation. This is the time of their political probation; this is the moment when the eyes of the World are turned upon them.” quote by George Washington](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/f61/george-washington-257_choices_it-is-the-citizens-choice-and-depends-up_2542424.jpg)
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