Virtuous Quotes

458 quotes by 300 authors

Blessings ever wait on virtuous deeds, and though a late, a sure reward succeeds — William Congreve
For most men, and most circumstances, pleasure --tangible material prosperity in this world --is the safest test of virtue. Progress has ever been through the… — Samuel Butler
God knows people who are paid to have attitudes toward things, professional critics, make me sick; camp following eunuchs of literature. They won't even whore.… — Ernest Hemingway
Let no man under value the price of a virtuous woman's counsel. — George Chapman
Age in a virtuous person, of either sex, carries in it an authority which makes it preferable to all the pleasures of youth. — Richard Steele
When men grow virtuous in their old age, they are merely making a sacrifice to God of the Devil's leavings. — Jonathan Swift
As blushing will sometimes make a whore pass for a virtuous woman, so modesty may make a fool seem a man of sense. — Jonathan Swift
Flirting is the sin of the virtuous and the virtue of the sinful — Superman
Being truthful is not without its bad side. Whilst honesty is virtuous do we always need to be honest? Are there some rules where honesty… — Superman
The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong, The hatred you're carrying is a live coal in your heart - far… — Cendie
The world is but a (quick passing) enjoyment; and the best enjoyment of the world is a pious and virtuous woman. — Hazrat Muhammad Peace Be Upon Him
Virtuous behavior is when one's motivations are aligned with one's reasoned aims: to do what one knows is best and to do it gladly. — Doctor Anil Sinha
Discipline is not a virtue, but the solicitor of virtuous character. — Colby Tatem
Buffaloes dont make parties to revolutionize the world, to change buffaloes into super-buffaloes, to make buffaloes religious, virtuous. No animal is concerned at all with… — Unkown
No matter how popular a Lie is, it can never overpower the virtuous of Truth. — Terry Mark
There is a lust in man no charm can tame: Of loudly publishing his neighbor's shame: On eagles wings immortal scandals fly, while virtuous actions… — William Harvey
Most people are awaiting Virtual Reality; I'm awaiting virtuous reality. — Eli Khamarov
The world has never yet seen a truly great and virtuous nation because in the degradation of woman the very fountains of life are poisoned… — Lucretia Mott
I think I am more attracted to characters with a subtext, whatever that is and they don't necessarily have to be virtuous, but they have… — Clive Owen
It is a farce to call any being virtuous whose virtues do not result from the exercise of it's own reason. — Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

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