Chance Quote by Horace

“The following also was nobly spoken by someone or other, for it is doubtful who the author was; they asked him what was the…

— Seneca

Although virtue receives some of its excellencies from nature, yet it is perfected by education. [Lat., Virtus, etiamsi quosdam impetus a natura sumit, tamen…

— Quintilian

We should try to succeed by merit, not by favor. He who does well will always have patrons enough. [Lat., Virtute ambire oportet, non…

— Plautus

The general goodness, which is nourished in noble hearts makes every one think that strength of virtue to be in another whereof they find…

— Philip Sidney

The thirst for fame is much greater than that for virtue; for who would embrace virtue itself if you take away its rewards? [Lat.,…

— Juvenal

There is no virtue which does not rejoice a well-descended nature; there is a kind of I know not what congratulation in well-doing, that…

— Michel de Montaigne

“I do not admire the excess of a virtue as of valour, except I see at the same time the excess of the opposite…

— Blaise Pascal

There is a kind of grandeur and respect which the meanest and most insignificant part of mankind endeavor to procure in the little circle…

— Joseph Addison

“Among men who rise to fame and leadership two types are recognizable-those who are born with a belief in themselves and those in whom…

— B.H. Liddell Hart

Let a man's talents or virtues be what they may, he will only feel satisfaction in his society as he is satisfied in himself.

— William Hazlitt

“The highest virtue lies in self-learning or self-taught education. For it is the path that all the greatest men or those who have decided…

— Mwanandeke Kindembo

He who praises another enriches himself far more than he does the one praised. To praise is an investment in happiness. The poorest human…

— George Madison Adams