Virtue Quotes

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Virtue is like a rich stone, best plain set. — Francis Bacon
Judges ought to be more leaned than witty, more reverent than plausible, and more advised than confident. Above all things, integrity is their portion and… — Francis Bacon
Of all virtues and dignities of the mind, goodness is the greatest, being the character of the Deity; and without it, man is a busy,… — Francis Bacon
The way of fortune is like the milkyway in the sky; which is a number of small stars, not seen asunder, but giving light together:… — Francis Bacon
Great necessities call out great virtues. — Abigail Adams
Wisdom and penetration are the fruit of experience, not the lessons of retirement and leisure. Great necessities call out great virtues. — Abigail Adams
Nobody is more dangerous than he who imagines himself pure in heart; for his purity, by definition, is unassailable. — James A. Baldwin
Suspicion is far more to be wrong than right; more often unjust than just. It is no friend to virtue, and always an enemy to… — Hosea Ballou
When women love us, they forgive us everything, even our crimes; when they do not love us, they give us credit for nothing, not even… — Honore de Balzac
It is time to get drunk! So as not to be the martyred slaves of Time, get drunk; get drunk without stopping! On wine, on… — Charles Baudelaire
Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other. — John Adams
All the perplexities, confusion and distress in America arise, not from defects in their Constitution or Confederation, not from want of honor or virtue, so… — John Adams
Old minds are like old horses; you must exercise them if you wish to keep them in working order. — John Adams
No one can be saved - in virtue of what he can do. Everyone can be saved - in virtue of what God can do. — Karl Barth
A desire to be observed, considered, esteemed, praised, beloved, and admired by his fellows is one of the earliest as well as the keenest dispositions… — John Adams
Empathy is a virtue, but it should not be a guiding judicial principle. — Gary Bauer
The essence of immorality is the tendency to make an exception of myself. — Jane Addams
Man is subject to innumerable pains and sorrows by the very condition of humanity, and yet, as if nature had not sown evils enough in… — Joseph Addison
A man must be both stupid and uncharitable who believes there is no virtue or truth but on his own side. — Joseph Addison
Recommend to your children virtue; that alone can make them happy, not gold. — Ludwig van Beethoven

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