Character Quote by Thornton Wilder

“that they had never been properly taught to govern their inclinations and tempers, by that sense of duty which can alone suffice. They had…

— Jane Austen

“To be distinguished for elegance and accomplishments—the authorised object of their youth—could have had no useful influence that way, no moral effect on the…

— Jane Austen

“If you consider what are called the virtues in mankind, you will find their growth is assisted by education and cultivation.”

— Xenophon

“It is undoubtedly the case that the practice of the virtues makes one happier. We’ve somewhat lost sight of that essential truth, now that…

— Alexander McCall Smith

“They learned to live contently with small things, to seek elegance rather than luxury, and refinement rather than fashion, to be worthy not respectable,…

— David Paul Kirkpatrick

“It seemed to Jack that if an ordinary human being, his own son, no one particular, could have this purity of mind, then perhaps…

— Sebastian Faulks

“I shall be satisfied if young people who read this record of our lives and adventures should learn from it how admirably suited is…

— Johann David Wyss

“The truth was that nature had endowed them with a larger share of brains than was common in their circle, and had added that…

— George Gissing

“They think virtues are man-made, only exist because they exist, but if no human had ever existed, The Virtues would persist for they hold…

— Geoffrey Wood

“Virtue is the desire of things honourable and the power of attaining them.”

— Plato

“wisdom, courage, temperance, fortitude and all those qualities that can command the admiration of noble minds, is not surpassed in the history of any…

— Peter Marshall

“There, he had learnt to distinguish between the steadiness of principle and the obstinacy of self-will, between the darings of heedlessness and the resolution…

— Jane Austen