Virtuous Quotes

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Machiavel, discoursing on these matters, finds virtue to be so essentially necessary to the establishment and preservation of liberty, that he thinks it impossible for… — Algernon Sidney
Don't judge without having heard both sides. Even persons who think themselves virtuous very easily forget this elementary rule of prudence. — Josemaria Escriva
I feel virtuous because my soul is at ease. — Frances Wright
The heart of a virtuous person has settled down and he does not rush about at things. A person of little merit is not at… — Yamamoto Tsunetomo
I've come to learn there is a virtuous cycle to transparency and a very vicious cycle of obfuscation, — Jeff Weiner
The teaching of one virtuous person can influence many; that which has been learned well by one generation can be passed on to a hundred. — Kano Jigoro
Frequent not the company of immodest persons, especially if they be also impudent, as is generally the case; ...these corrupted souls and infected hearts scarcely… — Saint Francis de Sales
How many young girls there are who do not see any wrongdoing in following certain shameless styles like so many sheep. They certainly would blush… — Pope Pius XII
The new life created by the final integration is self-aware yet without ego, capable of inhabiting a body yet not attached to it, and guided… — Laozi
To be happy, one must rid oneself of prejudice, be virtuous, healthy, and have a capacity for enjoyment and for passion ... — Emilie du Chatelet
The wise find pleasure in water; the virtuous find pleasure in hills. The wise are active; the virtuous are tranquil. The wise are joyful; the… — Confucius
The superior man honors his virtuous nature, and maintains constant inquiry and study, seeking to carry it out to its breadth and greatness, so as… — Confucius
I have not seen a person who loved virtue, or one who hated what was not virtuous. He who loved virtue would esteem nothing above… — Confucius
Is virtue a thing remote? I wish to be virtuous, and lo! Virtue is at hand. — Confucius
The virtuous man is driven by responsibility, the non-virtuous man is driven by profit. — Confucius
For this purpose was I born, let all virtuous people understand. I was born to advance righteousness, to emancipate the good, and to destroy all… — Guru Gobind Singh
The myths about Hades and the gods, though they are pure invention, help to make men virtuous. — Diodorus Siculus
I beg my Children to be just and virtuous, never to disgrace my name or theirs, and then they are out of fortune's power — Thomas Willis
I am the mother of the wicked, as I am the mother of the virtuous. Never fear. Whenever you are in distress, say to yourself,… — Sarada Devi
Because just as arms have no force outside if there is no counsel within a house, study is vain and counsel useless that is not… — Francois Rabelais

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