The sweetest cordial we receive at last, Is conscience of our virtuous actions past. — William Goffe Copy Share Image
A virtuous, ordinary life, striving for wisdom but never far from folly, is achievement enough. — Alain de Botton Copy Share Image
Men dissimulate their dearest, most constant, and most virtuous inclination from weakness and a fear of being condemned. — Luc de Clapiers Copy Share Image
In a virtuous government, and more especially in times like these, public offices are what they should be - burdens to those… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
Only free people have an incentive to be virtuous. Only people who bear the consequences of their own acts will care about… — Harry Browne Copy Share Image
To be ordinary is the greatest virtue - because when you are just ordinary, nothing to claim, of this world or that,… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
And what is true education? It is awakening a love for truth; giving a just sense of duty; opening the eyes of… — David O. McKay Copy Share Image
All the rights secured to the citizens under the Constitution are worth nothing, and a mere bubble, except guaranteed to them by… — Andrew Jackson Copy Share Image
A great man need not be virtuous, nor his opinions right, but he must have a firm mind, a distinctive luminous character. — George Santayana Copy Share Image
There never was a truly great man that was not at the same time truly virtuous. — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
At this time there was a wise man who was called Jesus. And his conduct was good, and [he] was known to… — Josephus Copy Share Image
Blessed be they as virtuous, who when they feel their virile members swollen with lust, visit a brothel rather than grind at… — Cato the Younger Copy Share Image
There is nothing nicer than playing someone who is cooler, tougher, more virtuous and sexier than yourself and thinking, 'I can be… — Jason Isaacs Copy Share Image
What can be happier than for a man, conscious of virtuous acts, and content with liberty, to despise all human affairs? — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
I wondered again why the right thing always seemed to be met with so much resistance, when you'd think it would be… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
Rooted in the mythology of all primitive races is the belief in a land of peace and happiness, a sort of earthly… — H. A. Guerber Copy Share Image
“I have always considered David Hume as approaching as nearly the idea of a perfectly wise and virtuous man as perhaps the… — Adam Smith Copy Share Image
Look within. The heart is the foundation of virtue; and it is for eternity ready to do virtuous works. — Paul Delaroche Copy Share Image
Nothing is more unpleasant than a virtuous person with a mean mind. — Walter Bagehot Copy Share Image
She lived, we'll say, A harmless life, she called a virtuous life, A quiet life, which was not life at all (But… — Elizabeth Barrett Browning Copy Share Image
“Virtues are common, but the virtuous are very few. This is because ordinarily, people know but do not apply what they know.… — Israelmore Ayivor Copy Share Image
It is with regret that I pronounce the fatal truth: Louis ought to perish rather than a hundred thousand virtuous citizens; Louis… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
They [human beings] are unwilling to gamble that God made those people who are skilled at rational argumentation uniquely virtuous. They protect… — James G. March Copy Share Image
The purpose of polite behavior is never virtuous. Deceit, surrender, and concealment these are not virtues. The goal of the mannerly is… — June Jordan Copy Share Image
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