There may be an excess of cultivation as well as of anything else, until civilization becomes pathetic. A highly cultivated man,--all whose… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
Humility is the mother of all virtues: the humble in spirit progress and are blessed because they willingly submit to higher powers… — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
[Men] prefer the foolish belief and the passions of the earth [to the enlightenment of their souls]. They believe the absurd and… — Iain Pears Copy Share Image
I never was so rapid in my virtue but my vice kept up with me. — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
“You do me proud, Captain. But, dear, I want to say one thing and then I'm done; for you don't need much… — Louisa May Alcott Copy Share Image
We cannot assume that people by virtue of the fact that they are black are going to associate themselves with progressive political… — Angela Davis Copy Share Image
We become willing servants to the good by the bonds their virtues lay upon us. — Philip Sidney Copy Share Image
He who parades his virtues seldom leads the parade. He who puts up with insult invites injury. Health requires this relaxation, this… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
Every formed disposition of the soul realizes its full nature in relation to and dealing with that class of objects by which… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
A constitutional democracy is in serious trouble if its citizenry does not have a certain degree of education and civic virtue. — Phillip E. Johnson Copy Share Image
It be urged that the wild and uncultivated tree, hitherto yielding sour and bitter fruit only, can never be made to yield… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
He who seeks repentance for the past, should woo the angel virtue for the future. — Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton Copy Share Image
Friendship is the union of spirits, a marriage of hearts, and the bond thereof virtue — William Penn Copy Share Image
The sun alone appears, by virtue of his dignity and power, suited for this motive duty (of moving the planets) and worthy… — Johannes Kepler Copy Share Image
The great virtue of a diversified food economy, like a diverse pasture or farm, is its ability to withstand any shock. The… — Michael Pollan Copy Share Image
Sensuality, too, which used to show itself course, smiling, unmasked, and unmistakable, is now serious, analytic, and so burdened with a sense… — Agnes Repplier Copy Share Image
Bullets can harm you and death can disarm you, but no, you will not be deceived. Stripped of all virtue as you… — Bob Dylan Copy Share Image
Value is that which one acts to gain and/or keep. Virtue is the act by which one aims and/or keeps it. — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
Those who foolishly pride themselves on their nobility mistake that which makes them noble, for it is only the virtue of their… — Madeleine de Souvre, marquise de Sable Copy Share Image
The torpid artist seeks inspiration at any cost, by virtue or by vice, by friend or by fiend, by prayer or by… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Christianity is reasonable in virtue of the impossibility of the contrary. — Greg L. Bahnsen Copy Share Image
Thirteen virtues necessary for true success: temperance, silence, order, resolution, frugality, industry, sincerity, justice, moderation, cleanliness, tranquility, chastity, and humility. — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
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