Ifs Quote by Jean de la Bruyere

We envy those whose possessions or achievements are a reflection on our own. They are our neighbors and equals. It is they, above all…

— Helmut Schoeck

That virtue we appreciate is as much ours as another s. We see so much only as we possess.

— Henry David Thoreau

It is often laziness and timidity that keep us within our duty while virtue gets all the credit.

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Surely, if we considered detraction to be bred of envy, nested only in deficient minds, we should find that the applauding of virtue would…

— Owen Feltham

The temptations of prosperity insinuate themselves after a gentle, but very powerful manner; so that we are but little aware of them and less…

— Francis Atterbury

Virtue is our true wealth and the true reward of its possessor; it cannot be lost, it never deserts us until life leaves us.

— Leonardo da Vinci

There is virtue in virtuosity, especially today, when it protects us from the tedious spectacle of ineptitude.

— Robert Hughes

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

There is reason to suspect, that the distinctions of mankind have more show than value, when it is found that all agree to be…

— Samuel Johnson

Virtue is its own reward.

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

Virtue is an inner strength. It expands your nature.

— John Bradshaw