Honesty is not only the deepest policy, but the highest wisdom; since, however difficult it may be for integrity to get on,… — Charles Caleb Colton Copy Share Image
Science is no substitute for virtue; the heart is as necessary for a good life as the head. — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
The war was a mirror; it reflected man's every virtue and every vice, and if you looked closely, like an artist at… — George Grosz Copy Share Image
Extremism is the pursuit of the presidency is an unpardonable vice. Moderation in the affairs of the nation is the highest virtue. — Lyndon B. Johnson Copy Share Image
If a Jew is fascinated by Christians it is not because of their virtues, which he values little, but because they represent… — Jean-Paul Sartre Copy Share Image
True greatness is sovereign wisdom. We are never deceived by our virtues. — Alphonse de Lamartine Copy Share Image
In ancient days the Pythagoreans were used to change names with each other,--fancying that each would share the virtues they admired in… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
Rarely they rise by virtue's aid who lie plunged in the depth of helpless poverty. — Juvenal Copy Share Image
At a time when pimpery, lick-spittlery, and picking the public's pocket are the order of the day - indeed, officially proclaimed as… — Studs Terkel Copy Share Image
There is a heroism in crime as well as in virtue. Vice and infamy have their altars and their religion. — William Hazlitt Copy Share Image
Everybody Moral courage is a virtue of higher cast and nobler origin than physical. It springs from a consciousness of virtue and… — Samuel Griswold Goodrich Copy Share Image
An effort made with ourselves for the good of others, with the intention of pleasing God alone. — Jacques-Henri Bernardin de Saint-Pierre Copy Share Image
It takes a vice to check a vice, and virtue is the by-product of a stalemate between opposite vices. — Eric Hoffer Copy Share Image
Vice, in its true light, is so deformed, that it shocks us at first sight; and would hardly ever seduce us, if… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
[The World Trade Center and the Pentagon] have drawn, like gathered lightning, the anger of the enemies of civilization. Those enemies are… — George Will Copy Share Image
Acts of virtue ripen into habits; and the goodly and permanent result is the formation or establishment of a virtuous character. — Thomas Chalmers Copy Share Image
Hollywood wants its heroes to be virtuous, but it defines virtue in a way that excludes any action that is self-interested. If… — Alex Tabarrok Copy Share Image
The virtues which keep this world sweet and the faithfulness which keeps it steadfast are chiefly those of the average man. The… — Walter Russell Bowie Copy Share Image
A prayerful life is the key to possessing gratitude. We often take for granted the people who most deserve our gratitude. Let… — Thomas S. Monson Copy Share Image
If you live long enough, you get accused of things you never did and praised for virtues you never had. — I. F. Stone Copy Share Image
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