Virtue Quotes

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The laws by which the Divine Ruler of the universe has decreed an indissoluble connection between public happiness and private virtue, whatever apparent exceptions may… — Unknown Author
The ultimate success of this government and the stability of its institutions, its progress in all that can make a nation honored, depend upon its… — Jon Lord
Acid Salts have the Power of Destroying the Blewness of the Infusion of our Wood [lignum nephreticum], and those Liquors indiscriminatly that abound with Sulphurous… — Robert Boyle
This vice brings in one hundred million francs in taxes every year. I will certainly forbid it at once - as soon as you can… — Napoleon III
The first virtue of a painting is to be a feast for the eyes. — Eugene Delacroix
...only we don't call it 'ignorance', we call it 'faith'. What a horrible little word that is - faith - exuding as it does its… — Pat Condell
Humility is the mother of all virtues, courage the father, integrity the child and wisdom the grandchild. — Stephen Covey
Modesty is hardly to be described as a virtue. It is a feeling rather than a disposition. It is a kind of fear of falling… — Aristotle
A just and reasonable modesty does not only recommend eloquence, but sets off every great talent which a man can be possessed of; it heightens… — Joseph Addison
Never lose your self-respect, nor be too familiar with yourself when you are alone. Let your integrity itself be your own standard of rectitude, and… — Baltasar Gracian
The death of a single human being is too heavy a price for the vindication of any principle, however sacred. — Daniel Berrigan
These are the men who, without virtue, labour, or hazard, are growing rich, as their country is impoverished; they rejoice, when obstinacy or ambition adds… — Samuel Johnson
We must not allow ourselves to become like the system we oppose. We cannot afford to use methods of which we will be ashamed when… — Desmond Tutu
A man's most valuable trait is a judicious sense of what not to believe. — Euripides
Every evil, harm and suffering in this life comes from the love of riches. — St. Catherine of Siena
Mourn not the dead that in the cool earth lie, but rather mourn the apathetic, throng the coward and the meek who see the world's… — Ralph Chaplin
Underlying the whole scheme of civilization is the confidence men have in each other, confidence in their integrity, confidence in their honesty, confidence in their… — William Bourke Cockran
The bad man is the man who no matter how good he has been is beginning to deteriorate, to grow less good. The good man… — John Dewey
For every social wrong there must be a remedy. But the remedy can be nothing less than the abolition of the wrong. — Henry George
My generation's apathy. I'm disgusted with it. I'm disgusted with my own apathy too, for being spineless and not always standing up against racism, sexism… — Kurt Cobain
It is not the same thing if I sign Jean-Paul Sartre or if I sign Jean-Paul Sartre, Nobel Prize winner. A writer must refuse to… — Jean-Paul Sartre
The assertion that 'culture' explains human variation will be taken seriously when there are reports of women war parties raiding villages to capture men as… — John Tooby
Minor vices lead to major ones, but minor virtues stay put. — Mignon McLaughlin
Since an intelligence common to us all makes things known to us and formulates them in our minds, honorable actions are ascribed by us to… — Marcus Tullius Cicero
True education seeks to make men and women not only good mathematicians, proficient linguists, profound scientists, or brilliant literary lights, but also honest men and… — David O. McKay

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