First Virtue Quotes

13 quotes by 11 authors

• The first virtue in a soldier is endurance of fatigue; courage is only the second virtue. — Napoleon Bonaparte
• The first virtue of a painting is to be a feast for the eyes. — Eugene Delacroix
• Truth, naked, unblushing truth, the first virtue of all serious history, must be the sole recommendation of this personal narrative. — Edward Gibbon
• The first virtue of a young man today - that is, for the next fifty years perhaps, as long as we live in fear, and… — Stendhal
• Justice is the first virtue of social institutions, — John Rawls
• Justice is the first virtue of social institutions, as truth is of systems of thought. A theory however elegant and economical must be rejected or… — John Rawls
• Get money first; virtue comes after. — Horace
• Aristotle deemed courage to be the first virtue, because it makes all the other possible. — Jonathan V. Last
• Courage is the first virtue that makes all other virtues possible. — Aristotle
• Justice is the first virtue of those who command, and stops the complaints of those who obey. — Denis Diderot
• I think the first virtue is to restrain the tongue; he approaches nearest to gods who knows how to be silent, even though he is… — Cato the Elder
• The first virtue of all really great men is that they are sincere. They eradicate hypocrisy from their hearts. — Anatole France
• Get money first; virtue comes later. — Horace

Who Wrote These First Virtue Quotes

11 authors contributed a total of 13 First Virtue Quotes as follows:

• 2 First Virtue Quotes by John Rawls
• 2 First Virtue Quotes by Horace
• 1 First Virtue Quote by Napoleon Bonaparte
• 1 First Virtue Quote by Eugene Delacroix
• 1 First Virtue Quote by Edward Gibbon
• 1 First Virtue Quote by Stendhal
• 1 First Virtue Quote by Jonathan V. Last
• 1 First Virtue Quote by Aristotle
• 1 First Virtue Quote by Denis Diderot
• 1 First Virtue Quote by Cato the Elder
• 1 First Virtue Quote by Anatole France