Virtuous Quotes

458 quotes by 300 authors

Cultivators of the earth are the most valuable citizens. They are the most vigorous, the most independent, the most virtuous and they are tied to… — Thomas Jefferson
I think our governments will remain virtuous for many centuries; as long as they are chiefly agricultural. — Thomas Jefferson
As for the virtuous poor, one can pity them, of course, but one cannot possibly admire them. They have made private terms with the enemy,… — Oscar Wilde
As for the virtuous poor, one can pity them of course, but one cannot possibly admire them. — Oscar Wilde
To be moral, correct, and virtuous is to be obedient to an old established law and custom. — Friedrich Nietzsche
Virtuous and vicious every man must be, few in the extreme, but all in the degree. — Alexander Pope
Religion either makes men wise and virtuous, or it makes them set up false pretenses to both. — William Hazlitt
Spurn not the nobly born with love affected; nor treat with virtuous scorn the well connected. — W. S. Gilbert
He is a truly virtuous man who wishes always to be open to the observation of honest men. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
If I am virtuous and worthy, for whom should I not maintain a proper concern? — Confucius
Why is it immoral for you to desire, but moral for others to do so? Why is it immoral to produce a value and keep… — Ayn Rand
The vicious count their years; virtuous, their acts. — Samuel Johnson
Every vice is only an exaggeration of a necessary and virtuous function. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
What do I owe to my times, to my country, to my neighbors, to my friends? Such are the questions which a virtuous man ought… — Johann Kaspar Lavater
Leisure consists in all those virtuous activities by which a man grows morally, intellectually, and spiritually. It is that which makes a life worth living. — Marcus Tullius Cicero
I know not any season of life that is past more agreeably than virtuous old age. — Marcus Tullius Cicero
People are living in unconsciousness, doing all kinds of things in unconsciousness. Everybody is an unconscious robot. We are just pretending that we are conscious;… — Rajneesh
Any action coming out of unconsciousness is sin. The action may look virtuous, but it cannot be. You may create a beautiful facade, a character,… — Rajneesh
I cannot say to you what is right or wrong. I can say only one thing to you: be conscious - that is right. Don't… — Rajneesh
According to great masters, there is no sin and there is no virtue. There is only one thing: that is awareness. If you are aware,… — Rajneesh

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