Character Quote by Jane Austen

“That loss of virtue in a female is irretrievable-- that one false step involves her in endless ruin-- that her reputation is no less…

— Jane Austen

Loss of virtue in a female is irretrievable; that one false step involves her in endless ruin; that her reputation is no less brittle…

— Jane Austen

“Unhappy as the event must be for Lydia, we may draw from it this useful lesson: that loss of virtue in a female is…

— Jane Austen

Once a woman parts with her virtue, she loses the esteem even of the man whose vows and tears won her to abandon it.

— Miguel de Cervantes

“Whatever she suffered, whatever loss came to her, she would throw it off, for it was not in her nature to go under. Although…

— Winston Graham

“I cannot conceive of a greater loss than the loss of one's self-respect. Decedents of the beautiful women that fought so hard for centuries…

— Irena Deneva

“To behold virtue in her proper form is nothing else but to contemplate morality stripped of all admixture of sensible things and of every…

— Immanuel Kant

“A girl can stand just so much virtue.”

— Loraine Despres

“A virtuos woman is not moved by big names and flamboyance, but only men of profound wisdom and integrity move her.”

— Michael Bassey Johnson

“many women do noble things, but you surpass them all. charm is deceptive, beauty is fleeting; but a woman who fears the Lord, she…

— Anonymous

“There is nothing more glorious—nothing that does more honour to true virtue, than the confidence with which one approaches a friend of tried integrity.”

— Antoine François Prévost