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Virtuous Quotes by Bertrand Russell
- To a modern mind, it is difficult to feel enthusiastic about a virtuous life if nothing is going to be achieved by it.
- No nation was ever so virtuous as each believes itself, and none was ever so wicked as each believes the other.
- I think that there is far too much work done in the world, that immense harm is caused by the belief that work is virtuous,…
- One is often told that it is a very wrong thing to attack religion, because religion makes men virtuous. So I am told; I have…
- The need for prostitution arises from the fact that many men are either unmarried or away from their wives on journeys, that such men are…
More Virtuous Quotes
- What the statesman is most anxious to produce is a certain moral character in his fellow citizens, namely a disposition to virtue… — Aristotle
- Nothing is more unpleasant than a virtuous person with a mean mind. — Walter Bagehot
- Powerful states can maintain themselves only by crime, little states are virtuous only by weakness. — Mikhail Bakunin
- The most virtuous women have something within them, something that is never chaste. — Honore de Balzac
- He who is void of virtuous attachments in private life is, or very soon will be, void of all regard for his… — Samuel Adams
- In our view, successful reform is not an event. It is a sustainable process that will build on its own successes -… — Abdallah II
- Be virtuous and you will be vicious. — Samuel Butler
- Real self-esteem has to be earned. I also believe in virtuous circles, like, nothing is fun until you are good at it.… — Amy Chua
- Most plain girls are virtuous because of the scarcity of opportunity to be otherwise. — Maya Angelou
- Because of the diverse conditions of humans, it happens that some acts are virtuous to some people, as appropriate and suitable to… — Thomas Aquinas
- There is much that is difficult and challenging in the world today, my brothers and sisters, but there is also much that… — Thomas S. Monson
- I had always hoped that this land might become a safe and agreeable asylum to the virtuous and persecuted part of mankind,… — George Washington