To instruct the mass of our citizens in these, their rights, interests and duties, as men and citizens...this brings us to the… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
The measure of every man’s virtue is best revealed in time of adversity - adversity that does not weaken a man but… — Thomas a Kempis Copy Share Image
They who disbelieve in virtue because man has never been found perfect, might as reasonably deny the sun because it is not… — Augustus William Hare Copy Share Image
About the greatest virtue a friend can have, is to be able to hold her tongue; and through this, like all virtues… — Dinah Maria Murlock Craik Copy Share Image
First, you hand over some basics-overwhelming joy, existential angst, a giving-in to desire, etc. And then you promise to withstand talking idly… — Julianna Baggott Copy Share Image
Woman is stronger by virtue of her feelings than man by virtue of his power. — Honore de Balzac Copy Share Image
Most codes extend their definitions of treason to acts not really against one's country. They do not distinguish between acts against the… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
Setting aside the vast herd which shows no definable character at all, it seems to me that the minority distinguished by what… — H. L. Mencken Copy Share Image
There are some temptations which are so strong that they must be virtues. — Charles Baudelaire Copy Share Image
It is one of the most culpable oversights of nature that virtue and beauty so often come in separate packages. — Will Durant Copy Share Image
Being tolerant does not mean acquiescing to the intolerable; it does not mean covering up disrespect; it does not mean coddling the… — Paulo Freire Copy Share Image
[E]xcess in the practice of virtue is no less imperfect than the lack of it. — Vincent de Paul Copy Share Image
They said there was no rest for the wicked. In fact, there was rest neither for the virtuous nor the wicked, nor… — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
A child is a beam of sunlight from the Infinite and Eternal, with possibilities of virtue and vice - but as yet… — Lyman Abbott Copy Share Image
Patience is the virtue of an ass, who treads beneath his burden and complains not. — George Granville, 1st Baron Lansdowne Copy Share Image
Praying that does not result in right thinking and right living is a farce. We have missed the whole office of prayer… — Edward McKendree Bounds Copy Share Image
A boy is a man in miniature, and though he may sometimes exhibit notable virtue, as well as characteristics that seem to… — Robertson Davies Copy Share Image
Riches are valuable at all times, and to all men, because they always purchase pleasures such as men are accustomed to and… — David Hume Copy Share Image
My generation's apathy. I'm disgusted with it. I'm disgusted with my own apathy too, for being spineless and not always standing up… — Kurt Cobain Copy Share Image
Among the men who fought on Iwo Jima, uncommon valor was a common virtue. — Chester W. Nimitz Copy Share Image
You can practice any virtue erratically, but nothing consistently without courage. — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
“The cruel man is of misanthropic temperament, and is a man of moods, oscillating from quiet brooding to sudden explosions. If a… — Frederick the Great Copy Share Image
I beg the reader not to go in search of messages. It is a term that I detest because it distresses me… — Primo Levi Copy Share Image
This integrative action in virtue of which the nervous system unifies from separate organs an animal possessing solidarity, an individual, is the… — Charles Scott Sherrington Copy Share Image
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