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Virtuous Quotes by H. L. Mencken
- Hygiene is the corruption of medicine by morality. It is impossible to find a hygienist who does not debase his theory of the healthful with…
- Sin is a dangerous toy in the hands of the virtuous. It should be left to the congenitally sinful, who know when to play with…
- The truth is . . . that the great artists of the world are never puritans, and seldom ever ordinarily respectable. No virtuous man -…
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