Absolutes Quote by Thomas Carlyle

True virtue has no limits, but goes on and on, and especially holy charity, which is the virtue of virtues, and which having a…

— Saint Francis de Sales

If prosperity is regarded as the reward of virtue it will be regarded as the symptom of virtue.

— Gilbert K. Chesterton

The existence of virtue depends entirely upon its use.

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

One's virtue is all that one truly has, because it is not imperiled by the vicissitudes of fortune.

— Boethius

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

Virtue is that perfect good, which is the complement of a happy life; the only immortal thing that belongs to mortality.

— Seneca the Younger

The glory that goes with wealth is fleeting and fragile; virtue is a possession glorious and eternal.

— Sallust

Now virtue may not always be its own reward, but in any case it is not usually bought and paid for at market rates.

— Kenneth Arrow

Character is in turn the enduring source of virtue. It stands by itself and excites admiration in others. It is not obedience to authority,…

— E. O. Wilson

. . . in the final analysis, virtue is not found in extremes, but in prudence . . .

— Vincent de Paul

Virtue is not a thing you can have by halves; it is or it is not.

— Honore de Balzac

“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