Ancient Quote by David Hume

Complaisance, though in itself it be scarce reckoned in the number of moral virtues, is that which gives a lustre to every talent a…

— Joseph Addison

The morals of men are more governed by their pursuits than by their opinions. A type of virtue is first formed by circumstances, and…

— William Edward Hartpole Lecky

No justification of virtue will enable a man to be virtuous. Without the aid of trained emotions the intellect is powerless against the animal…

— Anonymous

In ancient times, any man rising up above the common people tried to shape his life according to his principles; it is no longer…

— African Spir

“It was fundamental to Plato, and to the mainstream of classical Greek philosophy after him, that men are created unequal; not merely in the…

— M.I. Finley

The virtues [moral excellence] therefore are engendered in us neither by nature nor yet in violation of nature; nature gives us the capacity to…

— Aristotle

A narrow and moralistic view of morals is responsible for the failure to recognize that all the aims and values which are desirable in…

— John Dewey

“But virtue, by the bare statement of its actions, can so affect men's minds as to create at once both admiration of the things…

— Plutarch

“Plato rightly taught that virtue is one. You cannot be kind unless you have all the other virtues. If, being cowardly, conceited, and slothful,…

— C.S. Lewis

Even men of the noblest possible moral character are extremely susceptible to the influence of the physical charms of others. Modern, no less then…

— Oscar Wilde

“In the Age of Perfect Virtue, men lived among the animals and birds as members of one large family. There were no distinctions between…

— Benjamin Hoff

“It is undoubtedly the case that the practice of the virtues makes one happier. We’ve somewhat lost sight of that essential truth, now that…

— Alexander McCall Smith