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Virtue Quotes Virtue knows that it is impossible to get on without compromise, and tunes herself, as it were, a trifle sharp to allow for an inevitable fall in playing.
Most virtue is a demand for greater seduction.
God gives to every man virtue, temper, and understanding.
A thing moderately good is not so good as it ought to be. Moderation in temper is always a virtue, but moderation in principle is always a vice.
Women's virtue is frequently nothing but a regard to their own quiet and a tenderness for their reputation.
When we exaggerate our friends tenderness towards us, it is often less from gratitude than from a desire to exhibit our own virtue.
An agricultural life is one eminently calculated for human happiness and human virtue.
Perseverance, n. A lowly virtue whereby mediocrity achieves an inglorious success.
A man's indebtedness is not virtue; his repayment is. Virtue begins when he dedicates himself actively to the job of gratitude.
I would remind you that extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice! And let me remind you also that moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue.
The man or the woman in whom resides greater virtue is the higher; neither the loftiness nor the lowliness of a person lies in the body according to the sex, but in the perfection of conduct and virtues.
If virtue promises happiness, prosperity and peace, then progress in virtue is progress in each of these for to whatever point the perfection of anything brings us, progress is always an approach toward it.
Happiness is prosperity combined with virtue.
Prosperity doth best discover vice, but adversity doth best discover virtue.
Virtue consists in doing our duty in the several relations we sustain in respect to ourselves, to our fellow men, and to God, as known from reason, conscience, and revelation.
Without courage we cannot practice any other virtue with consistency. We can\'t be kind, true, merciful, generous, or honest.
Virtue is like precious odors most fragrant when they are incensed or crushed.
A virtuous person is better then virtue and a vicious person is worse than vice.
Do not be afraid to hear about virtue and do not be a stranger to the term. For it is not distant from us nor is it external to us; its realisation lies within us and the work is easy if only we want it. The Greeks leave home and cross the seas in order to gain an education, but there is no need for us to go away on account of the Kingdom of God nor need we cross the sea in search of virtue. For the Lord has told us, "The Kingdom of God is within you." All that is needed for goodness is that which is within, the human heart.
Compassion is not a popular virtue. Very often when I talk to religious people, and mention how important it is that compassion is the key, that it's the sine qua non of religion, people look kind of balked, and stubborn sometimes, as much to say, "what's the point of having religion if you can't disapprove of other people?" And sometimes we use religion just to back up these unworthy hatreds, because we're frightened too.
By the accident of fortune a man may rule the world for a time, but by virtue of love and kindness he may rule the world forever.
By the accident of fortune a man may rule the world for a time, but by virtue of love and kindness he may rule the world forever.
Self-sacrifice which denies common sense is not a virtue. It's a spiritual dissipation.
The torpid artist seeks inspiration at any cost, by virtue or by vice, by friend or by fiend, by prayer or by wine.
Just as treasures are uncovered from the earth, so virtue appears from good deeds, and wisdom appears from a pure
and peaceful mind. To walk safely through the maze of human life, one needs the light of wisdom and the guidance of virtue.
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