Character Quote by Kevin Dutton

“Virtue is too passive, too narrow. Virtue can motivate individuals, but for groups, societies, a whole civilisation, it’s a weak force. Nations are never…

— Ian McEwan

“Yes, my particular virtue of being very often objective, and thus sidetracked from thinking about myself, suffers lapses of affirmation, as do all virtues…

— Fernando Pessoa

“then you basically accept the fact that most of the human population (including yourself) sucks and is worthless. And this mindset can quickly turn…

— Mark Manson

“A virtue that only causes havoc and unhappiness is worth nothing. You can call it virtue if you like. I call it cowardice.”

— W. Somerset Maugham

“In most cases, people, even the most vicious, are much more naive and simple-minded than we assume them to be. And this is true…

— Fyodor Dostoyevsky

“To superficial minds, the vices of the great seem at all times agreeable.”

— Adam Smith

“I've come to believe that virtue isn’t a condition of character. It’s an elected action. It’s a choice we keep making, over and over,…

— Rhoda Janzen

“Virtue is an excellent thing and we should all strive after it, but it can sometimes be a little depressing.”

— Barbara Pym

“It is easy to be moderate and cool. It is easy to be ignorant and passionate. But to be wise and yet extravagant, to…

— Charles Bigg

“When in doubt, always act on the assumption that people are more honorable than you have any solid reason for supposing they are.”

— Aldous Huxley

“I can be an arrogant people If I have to, or when the situation demands me to act so. It is one way for…

— Toba Beta

“I am for the most part so convinced that everything is lacking in basis, consequence, justification, that if someone dared to contradict me, even…

— Emil Cioran