Fame Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Erasmus says that you should praise a ruler even for qualities he does not have. For the flattery gives him to think. And the…

— Hilary Mantel

“Virtue became less the harsh and martial self-sacrifice of antiquity and more the modern willingness to get along with others for the sake of…

— Gordon S. Wood

“Oskar showed that virtue emerged where it would, and the sort of churchy observance bishops called for was not a guarantee of genuine humanity…

— Thomas Keneally

“Menestheus, the son of Peteus, grandson of Orneus, and the great-grandson to Erechtheus, the first man that is recorded to have affected popularity and…

— Plutarch

“It was considered at the time a striking proof of virtue in the young king that he was sorry for his father's death;but, as…

— Charles Dickens

“At the same time he could hardly believe what he had been reading. It struck him as verging on madness. This wild confession, this…

— Barry Unsworth

“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

“These things sensibly affected Theseus, who, thinking it but just not to disregard, but rather partake of, the sufferings of his fellow citizens, offered…

— Plutarch

“Friedrich tugged on the collar of his military jacket and shook his head. Duchess Lacreux was a cunning woman—not at all what he expected.…

— K.M. Shea

“As a matter of fact, this effort at discipline had been helped by the interests of a difficult profession, but the old conclusion to…

— Virginia Woolf

“It was expected, however, that [Erasmus] should make some reply and give some definition. But instead, by availing himself of a rhetorical transition, he…

— Martin Luther

“Words borrowed of antiquity do lend a kind of majesty to style, and are not without their delight sometimes.”

— Ben Jonson