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Virtues Quotes by Edmund Burke
- Nothing tends so much to the corruption of science as to suffer it to stagnate; these waters must be troubled before they can exert their…
- Prudence is not only the first in rank of the virtues political and moral, but she is the director and regulator, the standard of them…
- I find along with many virtues in my countrymen there is a jealousy, a soreness, and readiness to take offence, as if they were the…
- True humility-the basis of the Christian system-is the low but deep and firm foundation of all virtues.
More Virtues Quotes
- The greatest virtues are those which are most useful to other persons. — Aristotle
- Of all the varieties of virtues, liberalism is the most beloved. — Aristotle
- The moral virtues, then, are produced in us neither by nature nor against nature. Nature, indeed, prepares in us the ground for… — Aristotle
- Humility is the foundation of all the other virtues hence, in the soul in which this virtue does not exist there cannot… — Saint Augustine
- Of all virtues and dignities of the mind, goodness is the greatest, being the character of the Deity; and without it, man… — Francis Bacon
- The way of fortune is like the milkyway in the sky; which is a number of small stars, not seen asunder, but… — 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
- When women love us, they forgive us everything, even our crimes; when they do not love us, they give us credit for… — Honore de Balzac
- Karma brings us ever back to rebirth, binds us to the wheel of births and deaths. Good Karma drags us back as… — Annie Besant
- Men are more easily governed through their vices than through their virtues. — Napoleon Bonaparte
- You have a good many little gifts and virtues, but there is no need of parading them, for conceit spoils the finest… — Louisa May Alcott