Virtue knows to a farthing what it has lost by not having been vice. — Horace Walpole Copy Share Image
Virtues lose themselves in self-interest, as rivers in the sea. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
Patience is a noble virtue, and, when rightly exercised, does not fail of its reward. — George Washington Copy Share Image
You smile with pomp and rigor, you talk of benevolence and virtue; I act with benevolence and virtue and get murdered time… — William Blake Copy Share Image
Consistency is a virtue for trains: what we want from a philosopher is insights, whether he comes by them consistently or not. — Stephen Vizinczey Copy Share Image
The first virtue in a soldier is endurance of fatigue; courage is only the second virtue. — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
Truth is inclusive of all the virtues, is older than sects and schools, and, like charity, more ancient than mankind. — Amos Bronson Alcott Copy Share Image
Prudence is one of the virtues which were called cardinal by the ancient ethical writers. — William Fleming Copy Share Image
The mind of man has no defense To equal plain, old common sense. This homely virtue don't despise, If you would be… — Don Herold Copy Share Image
The Holy Eucharist is like a divine Storehouse filled with every virtue; God has placed It in the world so that everyone… — Peter Julian Eymard Copy Share Image
The morals of men are more governed by their pursuits than by their opinions. A type of virtue is first formed by… — William Edward Hartpole Lecky Copy Share Image
The law-abiding citizen by his labor serves both himself and his fellow man and thereby integrates himself peacefully into the social order.… — Ludwig von Mises Copy Share Image
In the end, we would like not to be guilty while at the same time being dispensed of the effort of purifying… — Albert Camus Copy Share Image
“The problem with a lot of people is that what they think is a virtue is actually a vice in disguise. It's… — Kevin Dutton Copy Share Image
I don't like people who have never fallen or stumbled. Their virtue is lifeless and it isn't of much value. Life hasn't… — Boris Pasternak Copy Share Image
Humanistic ethics is based on the principle that only humans themselves can determine the criterion for virtue and not an authority transcending… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
His own faith, however, was not lacking in virtues since it consisted in acknowledging obscurely that he would be granted much without… — Albert Camus Copy Share Image
Adorn thyself with simplicity and with indifference towards the things which lie between virtue and vice. Love mankind. Follow God. The poet… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
THE PATH IS exceedingly vast. From ancient times to the present day, even the greatest sages were unable to perceive and comprehend… — Morihei Ueshiba Copy Share Image
The myths and folk tales of the whole world make clear that the refusal is essentially a refusal to give up what… — Joseph Campbell Copy Share Image
Never, in peace or war, commit your virtue or your happiness to the future. Happy work is best done by the man… — C. S. Lewis Copy Share Image
Sincerity does not only complete the self; it is the means by which all things are completed. As the self is completed,… — Yamamoto Tsunetomo Copy Share Image
As riches increase and accumulate in few hands, as luxury prevails in society, virtue will be in a greater degree considered as… — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
It would appear... that moral phenomena, when observed on a great scale, are found to resemble physical phenomena; and we thus arrive,… — Adolphe Quetelet Copy Share Image
Man has been called a rational being, but rationality is a matter of choice-and the alternative his nature offers him is: rational… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
We have been preserved, these many years, in peace and prosperity. We have grown in numbers, wealth and power, as no other… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
Chastity is a virtue with some, but with many it is almost a vice. — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
Fear is the virtue of slaves; but the heart that loveth is willing. — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Copy Share Image
“The hell with virtue. I've figured out the mechanics of her dress.” — Audrey Niffenegger Copy Share Image
