Religion is for the man in humble life, and to raise his nature, and to put him in mind of a state… — Edmund Burke Copy Share Image
True religion and virtue give a cheerful and happy turn to the mind, admit of all true pleasures, and even procure for… — Joseph Addison Copy Share Image
There is nothing earthly that lasts so well, as money. A man's learning dies with him, as does his virtues fade out… — Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr Copy Share Image
Being a man given to oratory and high principles, he enjoyed the sound of his own vocabulary and the warmth of his… — Sinclair Lewis Copy Share Image
If you practice an excellent virtue without perceiving the taste of its aid, do not marvel; for until a man becomes humble,… — Isaac of Nineveh Copy Share Image
.. that which renders morality an active principle and constitutes virtue our happiness, and vice our misery: it is probable, I say,… — David Hume Copy Share Image
The great virtue of a free market is that it enables people who hate each other, or who are from vastly different… — Milton Friedman Copy Share Image
Happiness is the object and design of our existence; and will be the end thereof, if we pursue the path that leads… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The state owned monopolies are among the greatest millstones round the neck of the economy...Liberals must stress at all times the virtues… — Jo Grimond Copy Share Image
What is virtue? It is to hold yourself to your fullest development as a person and as a responsible member of the… — Arthur Dobrin Copy Share Image
Everything I had been taught to regard as a vice - and I still regard them as vices - under Thatcherism was… — Glenda Jackson Copy Share Image
High fortune makes both our virtues and vices stand out as objects that are brought clearly to view by the light. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
Charm is deceptive, and beauty is fleeting; but a woman who fears the Lord is to be praised. - Psalms 31:30 — God Copy Share Image
How long shall we sit in our porticoes practising idle and musty virtues, which any work would make impertinent? As if one… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
Our most valuable teachers are our enemies.While our friends can help us in many ways, only our enemies can provide us with… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
The idea of narcissism, essentially, is and will be accepted as a virtue. — Nicolas Winding Refn Copy Share Image
In lazy apathy let stoics boast, their virtue fixed, 'tis fixed as in a frost. — Alexander Pope Copy Share Image
Never esteem people (including yourself) more because they have money, nor think less of anyone (including yourself) because they lack it. Virtue… — William Penn Copy Share Image
The camel carries on his dreary circular task with his usual slow and pompous step and head poised superciliously, as if it… — Freya Stark Copy Share Image
Faith and patience are exceptional virtues in those that suffer. Patience is the fruit and evidence of faith. — John Calvin Copy Share Image
There is no bounty to be showed to such As have real goodness: Bounty is A spice of virtue; and what virtuous… — Ben Jonson Copy Share Image
