Character Quote by Socrates

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

No man can purchase his virtue too dear, for it is the only thing whose value must ever increase with the price it has…

— Anonymous

“virtue does not spring from riches, but riches and all other human blessings, both private and public, from virtue.”

— Plato

What is called virtue in the common sense of the word has nothing to do with this or that man's prosperity, or even happiness.

— James Anthony Froude

“For when once people have begun to believe that prosperity is the reward of virtue, their next calamity is obvious. If prosperity is regarded…

— G.K. Chesterton

If fortune makes a wicked man prosperous and a good man poor, there is no need to wonder. For the wicked regard wealth as…

— Sallust

Virtue between men is a commerce of good actions: he who has no part in this commerce must not be reckoned.

— Voltaire

It is true that wealth won't make a man virtuous, but I notice there ain't anybody who wants to be poor just for the…

— Josh Billings

There is no greater wealth than Virtue, and no greater loss than to forget it.

— Thiruvalluvar

For often evil men are rich, and good men poor; But we will not exchange with them Our virtue for their wealth since one…

— Solon

The greatness of a man is not in how much wealth he acquires, but in his integrity and his ability to affect those around…

— Anonymous

Virtue is about wanting right and good things, not about being particularly good at thinking.

— Nomy Arpaly