Character Quote by William Hazlitt

We often assume that if we are good people we will not suffer the ills of the world.

— Elisabeth Kubler-Ross

Not only virtue, but also insight, not only sanctity but also wisdom, are the duties and tasks of mankind.

— Otto Weininger

Do not mistake for wisdom that opinion which may rise from a sick mind.

— Euripides

And, is not Virtue in Mankind The Nutriment that feeds the Mind?

— Jonathan Swift

For many wish not so much to be, as to seem to be, endowed with real virtue.

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

Just as treasures are uncovered from the earth, so virtue appears from good deeds, and wisdom appears from a pure and peaceful mind. To…

— Buddha

It is great folly to wish to be wise all alone.

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Virtue is the health of the soul.

— Anonymous

“When people treat you ill, blame your conduct, or report anything to your disadvantage, enter into the very soul of them ; examine their…

— Marcus Aurelius "The Meditations by Marcus Aurelius

There is a set of religious, or rather moral, writings which teach that virtue is the certain road to happiness, and vice to misery…

— Francois Fenelon

To be always fortunate, and to pass through life with a soul that has never known sorrow, is to be ignorant of one half…

— Anonymous

“Wisdom is the supreme part of happiness; and reverence towards the Gods must be inviolate. Great words of prideful men are ever punished with…

— Sophocles