Virtues lose themselves in self-interest, as rivers in the sea. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
New solutions win by virtue of adoption, and they don't get adopted if they're bad solutions. — John Perry Barlow Copy Share Image
By the accident of fortune a man may rule the world for a time, but by virtue of love and kindness he… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Some people with great virtues are disagreeable, while others with great vices are delightful. — Duc De La Rochefoucals Copy Share Image
“In those days the worst vice in England was pride, I guess—the worst vice of all, because folks thought it was a… — Carol Ryrie Brink 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
The virtue of a human being is the application of his capacity to the general good. — William Godwin Copy Share Image
The shudder of awe is humanity's highest faculty, Even though this world is forever altering its values. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The virtue of hope is an orientation of the soul towards a transformation after which it will be wholly and exclusively love. — Simone Weil Copy Share Image
For the honest people, relations increase with the years. For the vicious, inconveniences increase. Inconstancy is the defect of vice; the influence… — Suzanne Curchod Copy Share Image
Is poverty of spirit the chief amongst virtues, that Jesus gives it prime place in his teachings? Is it even a virtue… — Charles Bradlaugh Copy Share Image
If that form of government, that system of social order is not wrong - if those laws of the Southern States, by… — Leonard Bacon Copy Share Image
There is no virtue in denying the law of gravity, and there should be no virtue in denying the limitations of government.… — James Bovard Copy Share Image
I enter on the trust to which I have been called by the suffrage of my fellow-citizens with my fervent prayers to… — James Monroe Copy Share Image
I don't think modesty is a very good virtue, if it is a virtue at all. A modest person will drop the… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
True education seeks to make men and women not only good mathematicians, proficient linguists, profound scientists, or brilliant literary lights, but also… — David O. McKay Copy Share Image
“Gratitude becomes spiritual, a spiritual virtue and a spiritual emotion, when we are moved in our response by a God-centered view of… — Ray A Copy Share Image
The upshot is that most philosophers of biology now hold that biological properties supervene on physical properties (where supervenience is taken to… — Elliott Sober Copy Share Image
I consider the domestic virtue of the Americans as the principle source of all their other qualities. It acts as a promoter… — Francis Grund Copy Share Image
Since art is a virtue of the intellect, it demands to communicate with the entire universe of the intellect. Hence it is… — Jacques Maritain Copy Share Image
Yeah, well, we were looking for something sort of anonymous. It suggests what it is, but I like that it's modest. I… — Zooey Deschanel Copy Share Image
There exists in the economy and course of nature, an indissoluble union between virtue and happiness; between duty and advantage; between the… — George Washington Copy Share Image
In our blessed and mostly peaceful society we're not as familiar with courage as we once were. We ascribe the virtue to… — John McCain Copy Share Image
The widespread interest in gossip is inspired, not by a love of knowledge but by malice: no one gossips about other people's… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
On the whole, however, the critic is far less of a professional faultfinder than is sometimes imagined. He is first of all… — Robert Wilson Lynd Copy Share Image
