Beauty has so many charms, one knows not how to speak against it; and when it happens that a graceful figure is… — Laurence Sterne Copy Share Image
Most people have no idea what cops really do. They think cops give you a speeding ticket. They don't see the cops… — Douglas Valentine Copy Share Image
In real life, however, you don't react to what someone did; you react only to what you think she did, and the… — Jonathan Haidt Copy Share Image
It may not have the virtuous ring of the golden rule, but the maxim 'never say never' is one of the most… — Julian Baggini Copy Share Image
It is not by change of place that we can come nearer to Him who is in every place, but by the… — Saint Augustine Copy Share Image
At the heart of our public morality is the idea that he who gives generously is most virtuous and morally praiseworthy; that… — Eric Liu Copy Share Image
Machiavel, discoursing on these matters, finds virtue to be so essentially necessary to the establishment and preservation of liberty, that he thinks… — Algernon Sidney Copy Share Image
There seem to be but three ways for a nation to acquire wealth. The first is by war, as the Romans did,… — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
I am not good. I am not virtuous. I am not sympathetic. I am not generous. I am merely and above all… — Mary MacLane Copy Share Image
Men are not made religious by performing certain actions which are externally good, but they must first have righteous principles, and then… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
Evening is the delight of virtuous age; it seems an emblem of the tranquil close of busy life--serene, placid, and mild, with… — Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton Copy Share Image
The virtuous man contents himself with dreaming that which the wicked man does in actual life. — Sigmund Freud Copy Share Image
Your presence is a moral poison that would contaminate the most virtuous — Emily Bronte Copy Share Image
As long as we are human, we are destined to make mistakes. We all fall prey to flawed beliefs and views. What… — Daisaku Ikeda Copy Share Image
Nations, as well as individuals, must be virtuous and righteous if they desire to be stable, prosperous, and tranquil. — Daniel L Dreisbach Copy Share Image
Companies that grow create wealth. This, in turn, allows people to have jobs that create more growth and more wealth. It's a… — Lloyd Blankfein Copy Share Image
The way of the superior person is threefold; virtuous, they are free from anxieties; wise they are free from perplexities; and bold… — Confucius Copy Share Image
Conversion comes as we live pure and virtuous lives and enjoy the companionship of the Holy Ghost. — Bonnie L. Oscarson Copy Share Image
When I say that children should be told about sex, I do not mean that they should be told only the bare… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
Who is the Forgotten Man? He is the clean, quiet, virtuous, domestic citizen, who pays his debts and his taxes and is… — William Graham Sumner Copy Share Image
Even so; an't please your worship, Brakenbury, You may partake of any thing we say: We speak no treason, man; we say… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image