Character Quote by Dick Cavett

“Neither exhortations to virtue nor the argument of approaching death should divert us from literature; for in a good mind it excites the love…

— Petrarch

“Therefore when we are afflicted and disciplined, our heart must be aroused against the feeling of evil, and we must say (cf. Ps. 118:17):…

— Martin Luther

“When people die and especially when they die tragically, others can't help but get carried away. They come up with their implausible interpretation and…

— Francesca Marciano

“To deal justice by death has this disadvantage that the victim has no knowledge that justice has overtaken him. Had you died, had you…

— Rafael Sabatini

Death, like virtue, has its degrees.

— James O'Barr

“Let the truth be told: There is no virtue anywhere. Life is sly and unscrupulous, a blackguard, wolfish, severe. In service to itself, it…

— Catherynne M. Valente

It is admirable to die the victim of one's faith; it is sad to die the dupe of one's ambition.

— Alphonse de Lamartine

“Oh, there are plenty of people," the Duc used to observe, "who never misbehave save when passion spurs them to ill; later, the fire…

— Donatien Alphonse François de Sade

With no matter what human being, taken individually, I always find reasons for concluding that sorrow and misfortune do not suit him; either because…

— Simone Weil

Some people rather die than be who they truly are. -Just Saying

— Ephrem Hardin

“In uncertainty I am certain that underneath their topmost layers of frailty men want to be good and want to be loved. Indeed, most…

— John Steinbeck

“Mankind has never been in this position before. Without having improved appreciably in virtue or enjoying wiser guidance, it has got into its hands…

— Winston Churchill