And he’s right to say that every faction loses something when it gains a virtue: the Dauntless, brave but cruel; the Erudite,… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
The least known among the virtues and also the most misunderstood is the virtue of humility. Yet, it is the very groundwork… — William Bernard Ullathorne Copy Share Image
A cold and searching wind drives away all contagion, and nothing can withstand it but what has a virtue in it, and… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
In the garden of the soul, the virtues of faith, hope, and love form the centerpiece. Traditionally called theological virtues, they come… — Robert Morneau Copy Share Image
Happiness lies neither in vice nor in virtue; but in the manner we appreciate the one and the other, and the choice… — Marquis de Sade Copy Share Image
If someone were plucked from the group and given those responsibilities, they might find themselves growing more aloof, just by virtue of… — Joshua Ferris Copy Share Image
Perhaps the sexual life is the great test. If we can survive it with charity to those we love and with affection… — Graham Greene Copy Share Image
Vietnam was an exercise in mistaken idealism Iraq in cynical money-making. And there's no optimism or idealism now -- Americans are tired… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
... we have gratefully to receive from the hand of God the institution of the state with its magistrates as a means… — Abraham Kuyper Copy Share Image
If all the barbarian conquerors had been annihilated in the same hour, their total destruction would not have restored the empire of… — Edward Gibbon Copy Share Image
“In reality there is perhaps no one of our natural Passions so hard to subdue as Pride. Disguise it, struggle with it,… — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
Virtue and learning, like gold, have their intrinsic value: but if they are not polished, they certainly lose a great deal of… — Lord Chesterfield Copy Share Image
Bravery is a virtue people revere in dead soldiers and then turn to disparage in someone extending her hand to a weirdo. — Cord Jefferson Copy Share Image
Democrats who see virtue in the estate tax are doing the equivalent of aborting future enterprises. They deprive businesses of oxygen with… — Amity Shlaes Copy Share Image
Empathy is a virtue, but it should not be a guiding judicial principle. — Gary Bauer Copy Share Image
“From the days of old, those who walk in the way have replaced those who deviate therefrom; those who lack virtue have… — Luo Guanzhong Copy Share Image
Instead of agitating for war, the Jewish groups in this country should be opposing it in every possible way, for they will… — Charles Lindbergh Copy Share Image
I like books whose virtue is all drawn together in a page or two. I like sentences that don't budge though armies… — Virginia Woolf Copy Share Image
I saw greatness in John and he lived up to it. I also saw a tremendous competitor who loved to win. John… — Al Davis Copy Share Image
Without good humour, learning and bravery can only confer that superiority which swells the heart of the lion in the desert, where… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
Sincerity is a great but rare virtue, and we pardon to it much complaining, and the betrayal of many weaknesses. — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
