Nothing has a more sinister effect on art than the artist's desire to prove that he's good. The terrible temptation of idealism!… — Philip Roth Copy Share Image
“Virtue is excellence, something uncommonly great and beautiful, which rises far above what is vulgar and ordinary.” — Adam Smith Copy Share Image
We document, explain, justify, construct, organize: these are good things, but we do not succeed in coming to the whole. But we… — Paul Klee Copy Share Image
New capabilities emerge just by virtue of having smart people with access to state-of-the-art technology. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Perfection of moral virtue does not wholly take away the passions, but regulates them. — Thomas Aquinas Copy Share Image
“If one believes that God is up there in heaven, separate from the world, and is preparing a reward for you in… — Brendan Myers Copy Share Image
Jesus is the purest among the mighty, and the mightiest among the pure, who, with his pierced hand has raised empires from… — Jean Paul Copy Share Image
It's not the length but the quality of life that matters to me. It has always been important to me to write… — Jane Rule Copy Share Image
He was a man of his times. with one virtue and a thousand crimes. (The Corsair) — Lord Byron Copy Share Image
Our patriotism comes straight from the Romans. This is why French children are encouraged to seek inspiration for it in Corneille. It… — Simone Weil Copy Share Image
“Christians must show that misery fits the good for heaven, while happiness prepares the bad for hell; that the wicked get all… — Robert G. Ingersoll Copy Share Image
Solitude can be used well by very few people. They who do must have a knowledge of the world to see the… — Abraham Cowley Copy Share Image
Only through the Eucharist is it possible to live the heroic virtues of Christianity: charity, to the point of forgiving one's enemies;… — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
The birth of the new constitutes a crisis, and its mastery calls for a crude and simple cast of mind -- the… — Eric Hoffer Copy Share Image
When the Gauls laid waste Rome, they found the senators clothed in their robes, and seated in stern tranquillity in their curule… — Washington Irving Copy Share Image
It is as hard to satirize well a man of distinguished vices, as to praise well a man of distinguished virtues. — Jonathan Swift Copy Share Image
I am no herald to inquire into men's pedigree; it sufficeth me if I know their virtues. — Philip Sidney Copy Share Image
There is probably not one person, however great his virtue, who cannot be led by the complexities of life's circumstances to a… — Marcel Proust Copy Share Image
So you see,' said Stepan Arkadyich, 'you're a very wholesome man. That is your virtue and your defect. You have a wholesome… — Leo Tolstoy Copy Share Image
Don't look for flaws as you go through life and even when you find them it is wise and kind to be… — Ella Wheeler Wilcox Copy Share Image
Religion is indeed woman's panoply; no one who wishes her happiness would divest her of it; no one who appreciates her virtues… — C. A. Bartol Copy Share Image
Determination is the fuel that propels one to higher virtues. — Aaidh ibn Abdullah al-Qarni Copy Share Image
The sages do not consider that making no mistakes is a blessing. They believe, rather, that the great virtue of man lies… — Wang Yangming Copy Share Image
