The aggregate happiness of society, which is best promoted by the practice of a virtuous policy, is, or ought to be, the… — George Washington Copy Share Image
“In Confucian thought, individuals practice moral virtue both by restraining themselves and pursuing their own interests. This is a dual push-and-pull process.… — Patrick Mendis Copy Share Image
Virtuous persons and fruit-laden trees bow, but fools and dry sticks break because they do not bend. — Chanakya Copy Share Image
Love hunger and thirst for the sake of Christ. Insofar as you pacify your body, so much much will you do make… — Gennadius of Constantinople Copy Share Image
The generality of virtuous women are like hidden treasures, they are safe only because nobody has sought after them. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
He who gives himself to a lover because he is a good man, and in the hope that he will be improved… — Plato Copy Share Image
It is easier to be virtuous than it is to appear so, and it pays better. — Josh Billings Copy Share Image
'Tis not to make me jealous To say my wife is fair, feeds well, loves company, Is free of speech, sings, plays,… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
The division into whig and tory is founded in the nature of men; the weakly and nerveless, the rich and the corrupt,… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
If we want to really see the Buddha, we should observe his virtuous qualities. Whatever he taught, we should practise it. Only… — Ajahn Chah Copy Share Image
What is it that affectionate parents require of their Children; for all their care, anxiety, and toil on their accounts? Only that… — Abigail Adams Copy Share Image
How ungenerously in later life we disclaim the virtuous moods of our youth, living in retrospect long, summer days of unreflecting dissipation. — Evelyn Waugh Copy Share Image
No man, perhaps, is so wicked as to commit evil for its own sake. Evil is generally committed under the hope of… — Benjamin Haydon Copy Share Image
To discover depravity in those whom we have loved, is one of the most exquisite tortures to a virtuous mind, and the… — Ann Radcliffe Copy Share Image
This sutra enjoins a rule of morality. It says nobody should be disrespected. A man can impress evdrybnody by his virtues. Disrespecting… — Chanakya Copy Share Image
Cannibalism to a certain moderate extent is practised among several of the primitive tribes in the Pacific, but it is upon the… — Herman Melville Copy Share Image
People are more willing to buy branded goods provided they are persuaded that they are getting value from them. And they need… — Andrew Curry Copy Share Image
Observe this, that tho a woman swear, forswear, lie, dissemble, back-bite, be proud, vain, malicious, anything, if she secures the main chance,… — George Farquhar Copy Share Image
The Kama Sutra is neither exclusively a sex manual nor, as also commonly used art, a sacred or religious work. It is… — Indra Sinha Copy Share Image
“What grave liability one incurs when one calls a virtuous woman, a whore! It will ruin his countless lives to come. There… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
In fact, it is a farce to call any being virtuous whose virtues do not result from the exercise of its own… — Mary Wollstonecraft Copy Share Image
The virtuous carry out the settlement, but those without virtue pursue their claims. — Laozi Copy Share Image
