All virtue is summed up in dealing justly. Aristotle
All virtue is summed up in dealing justly.
Patriotism is the virtue of the vicious. Oscar Wilde
Patriotism is the virtue of the vicious.
I have not seen a person who loved virtue, or one who hated what was not virtuous. He who loved virtue would esteem nothing above it. Confucius
I have not seen a person who loved virtue, or one who hated what was not virtuous. He who loved virtue would esteem nothing above it.
Is virtue a thing remote? I wish to be virtuous, and lo! Virtue is at hand. Confucius
Is virtue a thing remote? I wish to be virtuous, and lo! Virtue is at hand.
We admire virtue in a woman as long as it doesn't get in our way. Sacha Guitry
We admire virtue in a woman as long as it doesn't get in our way.
Moderation is the silken string running through the pearl chain of all virtues. Joseph Hall
Moderation is the silken string running through the pearl chain of all virtues.
Each must in virtue strive for to excel ; That man lives twice that lives the first life well. Robert Herrick
Each must in virtue strive for to excel ; That man lives twice that lives the first life well.
Virtue is a beautiful thing in woman when they don't go about with it like a child with a drum making all sorts of noise with it. Douglas Jerrold
Virtue is a beautiful thing in woman when they don't go about with it like a child with a drum making all sorts of noise with it.
Reputation is rarely proportioned to virtue. St. Francis De Sales
Reputation is rarely proportioned to virtue.
A state can no more give up part of her sovereignty than a lady can give up part of her virtue. John Randolph
A state can no more give up part of her sovereignty than a lady can give up part of her virtue.
Virtue is its own reward. There's a pleasure in doing good which sufficiently pays itself. Sir John Vanbrugh
Virtue is its own reward. There's a pleasure in doing good which sufficiently pays itself.
Virtue is reason which has become energy. Friedrich Von Schlegel
Virtue is reason which has become energy.
Respect for self is the beginning of cultivating virtue in men and women. Gordon B. Hinckley
Respect for self is the beginning of cultivating virtue in men and women.
"I pay my taxes," says somebody, as if that were an act of virtue instead of one of compulsion. Robert G. Menzies
"I pay my taxes," says somebody, as if that were an act of virtue instead of one of compulsion.
Man is most happy, when his own actions are arguments and examples of his virtue. John Webster
Man is most happy, when his own actions are arguments and examples of his virtue.
Persevere in virtue and diligence. Titus Maccius Plautus
Persevere in virtue and diligence.
Virtue is insufficient temptation. George Bernard Shaw
Virtue is insufficient temptation.
What is virtue but the trades unionism of the married. George Bernard Shaw
What is virtue but the trades unionism of the married.
Excellence is an art won by training and habituation. We do not act rightly because we have virtue or excellence, but we rather have those because we have acted rightly. We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act but a habit. Aristotle
Excellence is an art won by training and habituation. We do not act rightly because we have virtue or excellence, but we rather have those because we have acted rightly. We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act but a habit.
When virtue has slept, she will get up more refreshed. Friedrich Nietzsche
When virtue has slept, she will get up more refreshed.
I hope I shall possess firmness and virtue enough to maintain what I consider the most enviable of all titles, the character of an honest man. George Washington
I hope I shall possess firmness and virtue enough to maintain what I consider the most enviable of all titles, the character of an honest man.
Novelty is not necessarily a virtue. Rita Mae Brown
Novelty is not necessarily a virtue.
Silence is the virtue of fools. Sir Francis Bacon
Silence is the virtue of fools.
I maintain there is much more wonder in science than in pseudoscience. And in addition, to whatever measure this term has any meaning, science has the additional virtue, and it is not an inconsiderable one, of being true. Carl Sagan
I maintain there is much more wonder in science than in pseudoscience. And in addition, to whatever measure this term has any meaning, science has the additional virtue, and it is not an inconsiderable one, of being true.
To produce things and to rear them,To produce, but not to take possession of them,To act, but not to rely on one's own ability,To lead them, but not to master them -This is called profound and secret virtue. Lao tzu
To produce things and to rear them,To produce, but not to take possession of them,To act, but not to rely on one's own ability,To lead them, but not to master them -This is called profound and secret virtue.
O, now, for ever Farewell the tranquil mind! farewell content! Farewell the plumed troop and the big wars That make ambition virtue! O, farewell! Farewell the neighing steed and the shrill trump, The spirit-stirring drum, the ear-piercing fife, The royal banner, and all quality, Pride, pomp, and circumstance of glorious war! And, O you mortal engines, whose rude thr. William Shakespeare
O, now, for ever Farewell the tranquil mind! farewell content! Farewell the plumed troop and the big wars That make ambition virtue! O, farewell! Farewell the neighing steed and the shrill trump, The spirit-stirring drum, the ear-piercing fife, The royal banner, and all quality, Pride, pomp, and circumstance of glorious war! And, O you mortal engines, whose rude thr.
Some rise by sin, and some by virtue fall. William Shakespeare
Some rise by sin, and some by virtue fall.
Pity is the virtue of the law, and none but tyrants use it cruelly. William Shakespeare
Pity is the virtue of the law, and none but tyrants use it cruelly.
To flee vice is the beginning of virtue, and to have got rid of folly is the beginning of wisdom. Horace Mann
To flee vice is the beginning of virtue, and to have got rid of folly is the beginning of wisdom.
Peace is not the absence of war, but a virtue based on strength of character. Baruch Spinoza
Peace is not the absence of war, but a virtue based on strength of character.
We should every night call ourselves to an account; What infirmity have I mastered today? What passions opposed? What temptation resisted? What virtue acquired? Our vices will abort of themselves if they be brought every day to the shrift. Seneca
We should every night call ourselves to an account; What infirmity have I mastered today? What passions opposed? What temptation resisted? What virtue acquired? Our vices will abort of themselves if they be brought every day to the shrift.
We should every night call ourselves to an account: What infirmity have I mastered today? What passions opposed? What temptation resisted? What virtue acquired? Seneca
We should every night call ourselves to an account: What infirmity have I mastered today? What passions opposed? What temptation resisted? What virtue acquired?
The great virtue of my radicalism lies in the fact that I am perfectly ready, if necessary, to be radical on the conservative side. Theodore Roosevelt
The great virtue of my radicalism lies in the fact that I am perfectly ready, if necessary, to be radical on the conservative side.
To be proud of virtue is to poison oneself with the antidote. Benjamin Franklin
To be proud of virtue is to poison oneself with the antidote.
Society is indeed a contract. It is a partnership in all science; a partnership in all art; a partnership in every virtue, and in all perfection. As the ends of such a partnership cannot be obtained in many generations, it becomes a partnership not only between those who are living, but between those who are living, those who are dead, and those who are to be born. Edmund Burke
Society is indeed a contract. It is a partnership in all science; a partnership in all art; a partnership in every virtue, and in all perfection. As the ends of such a partnership cannot be obtained in many generations, it becomes a partnership not only between those who are living, but between those who are living, those who are dead, and those who are to be born.
Wisdom alone is true ambition's aim Wisdom the source of virtue, and of fame, Obtained with labor, for mankind employed, And then, when most you share it, best enjoyed. Alfred North Whitehead
Wisdom alone is true ambition's aim Wisdom the source of virtue, and of fame, Obtained with labor, for mankind employed, And then, when most you share it, best enjoyed.
Men of authority and influence may promote good morals. Let them in their several stations encourage virtue . . . let them favor and take part in any plans which may be formed for the advancement of morality. William Wilberforce
Men of authority and influence may promote good morals. Let them in their several stations encourage virtue . . . let them favor and take part in any plans which may be formed for the advancement of morality.
Virtue is more to man than either water or fire. I have seen men die from treading on water and fire, but I have never seen a man die from treading the course of virtue. Confucius
Virtue is more to man than either water or fire. I have seen men die from treading on water and fire, but I have never seen a man die from treading the course of virtue.
The firm, the enduring, the simple, and the modest are near to virtue. Confucius
The firm, the enduring, the simple, and the modest are near to virtue.
When a man's knowledge is sufficient to attain, and his virtue is not sufficient to enable him to hold, whatever he may have gained, he will lose again. Confucius
When a man's knowledge is sufficient to attain, and his virtue is not sufficient to enable him to hold, whatever he may have gained, he will lose again.
Fine words and an insinuating appearance are seldom associated with true virtue. Confucius
Fine words and an insinuating appearance are seldom associated with true virtue.
He who exercises government by means of his virtue may be compared to the north polar star, which keeps its place and all the stars turn towards it. Confucius
He who exercises government by means of his virtue may be compared to the north polar star, which keeps its place and all the stars turn towards it.
Virtue is not left to stand alone. He who practices it will have neighbors. Confucius
Virtue is not left to stand alone. He who practices it will have neighbors.
Certainly virtue is like precious odours, most fragrant when they are incensed or crushed: for prosperity doth best discover vice; but adversity doth best discover virtue. Sir Francis Bacon
Certainly virtue is like precious odours, most fragrant when they are incensed or crushed: for prosperity doth best discover vice; but adversity doth best discover virtue.
It's important that someone celebrate our existence... People are the only mirror we have to see ourselves in. The domain of all meaning. All virtue, all evil, are contained only in people. There is none in the universe at large. Solitary confinement is a punishment in every human culture. Lois McMaster Bujold
It's important that someone celebrate our existence... People are the only mirror we have to see ourselves in. The domain of all meaning. All virtue, all evil, are contained only in people. There is none in the universe at large. Solitary confinement is a punishment in every human culture.
Truth is the secret of eloquence and of virtue, the basis of moral authority; it is the highest summit of art and life. Henri Frederic Amiel
Truth is the secret of eloquence and of virtue, the basis of moral authority; it is the highest summit of art and life.
Recommend to your children virtue; that alone can make them happy, not gold. Ludwig van Beethoven
Recommend to your children virtue; that alone can make them happy, not gold.
...a revolution of government is the strongest proof that can be given by a people of their virtue and good sense. John Adams
...a revolution of government is the strongest proof that can be given by a people of their virtue and good sense.
A viler evil than to murder a man, is to sell him suicide as an act of virtue. A viler evil than to throw a man into a sacrificial furnace, is to demand that he leap in, of his own will, and that he build the furnace, besides. Ayn Rand
A viler evil than to murder a man, is to sell him suicide as an act of virtue. A viler evil than to throw a man into a sacrificial furnace, is to demand that he leap in, of his own will, and that he build the furnace, besides.
Courage is not simply one of the virtues, but the form of every virtue at the testing point. C. S. Lewis
Courage is not simply one of the virtues, but the form of every virtue at the testing point.
The highest endeavor of the mind, and the highest virtue, is to understand things by intuition. Baruch Spinoza
The highest endeavor of the mind, and the highest virtue, is to understand things by intuition.
Peace is not an absence of war, it is a virtue, a state of mind, a disposition for benevolence, confidence, justice. Baruch Spinoza
Peace is not an absence of war, it is a virtue, a state of mind, a disposition for benevolence, confidence, justice.
Blessedness is not the reward of virtue, but virtue itself; neither do we rejoice therein, because we control our lusts, but contrariwise, because we rejoice therein, we are able to control our lusts. Baruch Spinoza
Blessedness is not the reward of virtue, but virtue itself; neither do we rejoice therein, because we control our lusts, but contrariwise, because we rejoice therein, we are able to control our lusts.
Self-respect is the cornerstone of all virtue. John Herschel
Self-respect is the cornerstone of all virtue.
Solitude can be used well by very few people. They who do must have a knowledge of the world to see the foolishness of it, and enough virtue to despise all the vanity. Abraham Cowley
Solitude can be used well by very few people. They who do must have a knowledge of the world to see the foolishness of it, and enough virtue to despise all the vanity.
Another virtue of my experiments is that I use the same long single strand over and over again (the natural virus sequence) and I just change the ∼200 short staple strands. This means I don't have to do a custom long synthesis every time I want to make a new structure. Paul Rothemund
Another virtue of my experiments is that I use the same long single strand over and over again (the natural virus sequence) and I just change the ∼200 short staple strands. This means I don't have to do a custom long synthesis every time I want to make a new structure.
It is the hour to be drunken! to escape being the martyred slaves of time, be ceaselessly drunk. On wine, on poetry, or on virtue, as you wish. Charles Baudelaire
It is the hour to be drunken! to escape being the martyred slaves of time, be ceaselessly drunk. On wine, on poetry, or on virtue, as you wish.
The virtue of dress rehearsals is that they are a free show for a select group of artists and friends of the author, and where for one unique evening the audience is almost expurgated of idiots. Alfred Jarry
The virtue of dress rehearsals is that they are a free show for a select group of artists and friends of the author, and where for one unique evening the audience is almost expurgated of idiots.
Exactness and neatness in moderation is a virtue, but carried to extremes narrows the mind. Francois Fenelon
Exactness and neatness in moderation is a virtue, but carried to extremes narrows the mind.
There is no being of any race who, if he finds the proper guide, cannot attain to virtue. Cicero
There is no being of any race who, if he finds the proper guide, cannot attain to virtue.
There was a little bit of panic selling when trading started. A lot of traders are identifying bargains. But money flows are still negative by virtue of a lot of selling. James Niosi
There was a little bit of panic selling when trading started. A lot of traders are identifying bargains. But money flows are still negative by virtue of a lot of selling.
Loss of virtue in a female is irretrievable; that one false step involves her in endless ruin; that her reputation is no less brittle than it is beautiful; and that she cannot be too much guarded in her behaviour towards the undeserving of the other sex. Jane Austen
Loss of virtue in a female is irretrievable; that one false step involves her in endless ruin; that her reputation is no less brittle than it is beautiful; and that she cannot be too much guarded in her behaviour towards the undeserving of the other sex.
Natural ability without education has more often attained to glory and virtue than education without natural ability. Cicero
Natural ability without education has more often attained to glory and virtue than education without natural ability.
It is an infantile superstition of the human spirit that virginity would be thought a virtue and not the barrier that separates ignorance from knowledge. Voltaire
It is an infantile superstition of the human spirit that virginity would be thought a virtue and not the barrier that separates ignorance from knowledge.
It is amusing that a virtue is made of the vice of chastity; and it's a pretty odd sort of chastity at that, which leads men straight into the sin of Onan, and girls to the waning of their color. Voltaire
It is amusing that a virtue is made of the vice of chastity; and it's a pretty odd sort of chastity at that, which leads men straight into the sin of Onan, and girls to the waning of their color.
Men are equal; it is not birth but virtue that makes the difference. Voltaire
Men are equal; it is not birth but virtue that makes the difference.
I have never felt that her sexuality is an issue in her work. She has largely managed to transcend the issue by virtue of writing good poems as opposed to gender studies. Peter Jay
I have never felt that her sexuality is an issue in her work. She has largely managed to transcend the issue by virtue of writing good poems as opposed to gender studies.
The extinction of race consciousness as between Muslims is one of the outstanding achievements of Islam, and in the contemporary world there is, as it happens, a crying need for the propagation of this Islamic virtue. Arnold Toynbee
The extinction of race consciousness as between Muslims is one of the outstanding achievements of Islam, and in the contemporary world there is, as it happens, a crying need for the propagation of this Islamic virtue.
Interactivity has the virtue of democracy, conferring upon everyone with access to a computer the right and opportunity to be heard, but it's also saddled with democracy's vice - a tendency to assume that everyone who has a right to be heard has some. Wendy Kaminer
Interactivity has the virtue of democracy, conferring upon everyone with access to a computer the right and opportunity to be heard, but it's also saddled with democracy's vice - a tendency to assume that everyone who has a right to be heard has some.
Who hath not known ill fortune, never knew himself, or his own virtue. David Mallet
Who hath not known ill fortune, never knew himself, or his own virtue.
Pygmies are pygmies still, though percht on Alps; And pyramids are pyramids in vales. Each man makes his own stature, builds himself. Virtue alone outbuilds the Pyramids; Her monuments shall last when Egypt's fall. Edward Young
Pygmies are pygmies still, though percht on Alps; And pyramids are pyramids in vales. Each man makes his own stature, builds himself. Virtue alone outbuilds the Pyramids; Her monuments shall last when Egypt's fall.
The resistance of a woman is not always a proof of her virtue, but more frequently of her experience. Ninon de Lenclos
The resistance of a woman is not always a proof of her virtue, but more frequently of her experience.
Moderation is a virtue only in those who are thought to have an alternative. Henry Kissinger
Moderation is a virtue only in those who are thought to have an alternative.
Accuracy is to a newspaper what virtue is to a lady, but a newspaper can always print a retraction. Charles Revson
Accuracy is to a newspaper what virtue is to a lady, but a newspaper can always print a retraction.
Education is a companion which no misfortune can depress, no crime can destroy, no enemy can alienate,no despotism can enslave. At home, a friend, abroad, an introduction, in solitude a solace and in society an ornament.It chastens vice, it guides virtue, it gives at once grace and government to genius. Without it, what is man? A splendid slave, a reasoning savage. Joseph Addison
Education is a companion which no misfortune can depress, no crime can destroy, no enemy can alienate,no despotism can enslave. At home, a friend, abroad, an introduction, in solitude a solace and in society an ornament.It chastens vice, it guides virtue, it gives at once grace and government to genius. Without it, what is man? A splendid slave, a reasoning savage.
Authorship, according to the spirit in which it is pursued, is an infancy, a pastime, a labor, a handicraft, an art, a science, or a virtue. August Wilhelm Von Schlegel
Authorship, according to the spirit in which it is pursued, is an infancy, a pastime, a labor, a handicraft, an art, a science, or a virtue.
Some traits are so advantageous under so many circumstances, or arise so relatively easily by virtue of self-organization, that you're likely to see the same things again and again. Geerat Vermeij
Some traits are so advantageous under so many circumstances, or arise so relatively easily by virtue of self-organization, that you're likely to see the same things again and again.
What is man's ultimate direction in life? It is to look for love, truth, virtue, and beauty. Shinichi Suzuki
What is man's ultimate direction in life? It is to look for love, truth, virtue, and beauty.
Virtue has its own reward, but no box office. Mae West
Virtue has its own reward, but no box office.
I think the first virtue is to restrain the tongue; he approaches nearest to gods who knows how to be silent, even though he is in the right. Cato the Elder
I think the first virtue is to restrain the tongue; he approaches nearest to gods who knows how to be silent, even though he is in the right.
Repression is not the way to virtue. When people restrain themselves out of fear, their lives are by necessity diminished. Only through freely chosen discipline can life be enjoyed and still kept within the bounds of reason. Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
Repression is not the way to virtue. When people restrain themselves out of fear, their lives are by necessity diminished. Only through freely chosen discipline can life be enjoyed and still kept within the bounds of reason.
When virtue and modesty enlighten her charms, the lustre of a beautiful woman is brighter than the stars of heaven, and the influence of her power it is in vain to resist. Akhenaton
When virtue and modesty enlighten her charms, the lustre of a beautiful woman is brighter than the stars of heaven, and the influence of her power it is in vain to resist.
Perfection of moral virtue does not wholly take away the passions, but regulates them. Saint Thomas Aquinas
Perfection of moral virtue does not wholly take away the passions, but regulates them.
When we are planning for posterity, we ought to remember that virtue is not hereditary. Thomas Paine
When we are planning for posterity, we ought to remember that virtue is not hereditary.
It was such a great time for music. Being in college radio in the '80s, R.E.M. just happened, Elvis Costello was going strong. The biggest, most famous Seattle band was the Young Fresh Fellows. Our town was halfway between Seattle and Minneapolis on I-90, and so we got tons of shows just by virtue of being the gas-money stop on I-90. Sarah Vowell
It was such a great time for music. Being in college radio in the '80s, R.E.M. just happened, Elvis Costello was going strong. The biggest, most famous Seattle band was the Young Fresh Fellows. Our town was halfway between Seattle and Minneapolis on I-90, and so we got tons of shows just by virtue of being the gas-money stop on I-90.
Fact of the matter is, there is no hip world, there is no straight world. There's a world, you see, which has people in it who believe in a variety of different things. Everybody believes in something and everybody, by virtue of the fact that they believe in something, use that something to support their own existence. Frank Zappa
Fact of the matter is, there is no hip world, there is no straight world. There's a world, you see, which has people in it who believe in a variety of different things. Everybody believes in something and everybody, by virtue of the fact that they believe in something, use that something to support their own existence.
It's not the presence of Christian doctrine I object to so much as the absence of Christian virtue. Philip Pullman
It's not the presence of Christian doctrine I object to so much as the absence of Christian virtue.
This rush to push through legislation of dubious virtue without any significant review is both unnecessary and unwise. John Dingell
This rush to push through legislation of dubious virtue without any significant review is both unnecessary and unwise.
Fidelity is a virtue which should be frequently proved, but not always. Omar Sharif
Fidelity is a virtue which should be frequently proved, but not always.
Vietnam was an exercise in mistaken idealism; Iraq in cynical money-making. And there's no optimism or idealism now -- Americans are tired of knowledge. Our leaders, the C-students from Yale, know this. We're proud of being ignorant; that leaves virtue at our core. We aren't frazzled by knowledge like foreigners, so we can be trusted. Kurt Vonnegut
Vietnam was an exercise in mistaken idealism; Iraq in cynical money-making. And there's no optimism or idealism now -- Americans are tired of knowledge. Our leaders, the C-students from Yale, know this. We're proud of being ignorant; that leaves virtue at our core. We aren't frazzled by knowledge like foreigners, so we can be trusted.
Her virtue was that she said what she thought, her vice that what she thought didn't amount to much. Peter Ustinov
Her virtue was that she said what she thought, her vice that what she thought didn't amount to much.
One isn't necessarily born with courage, but one is born with potential. Without courage, we cannot practice any other virtue with consistency. We can't be kind, true, merciful, generous, or honest. Maya Angelou
One isn't necessarily born with courage, but one is born with potential. Without courage, we cannot practice any other virtue with consistency. We can't be kind, true, merciful, generous, or honest.
Blushing is the color of virtue. Diogenes Laertius
Blushing is the color of virtue.
Self discipline is that which, next to virtue, truly and essentially raises one man above another. Joseph Addison
Self discipline is that which, next to virtue, truly and essentially raises one man above another.
Consider your origin; you were not born to live like brutes, but to follow virtue and knowledge. Dante Alighieri
Consider your origin; you were not born to live like brutes, but to follow virtue and knowledge.
We've always felt that when you change coaches, you become like an expansion team, because you're starting over, in a sense. Football is our family business, and we tend to believe that you're better served [with stability]. We kind of think that patience isn't such a bad virtue to have. Dan Rooney
We've always felt that when you change coaches, you become like an expansion team, because you're starting over, in a sense. Football is our family business, and we tend to believe that you're better served [with stability]. We kind of think that patience isn't such a bad virtue to have.
As if a woman ever loved a man for his virtue. W. Somerset Maugham
As if a woman ever loved a man for his virtue.
Property left to a child may soon be lost; but the inheritance of virtue--a good name an unblemished reputation--will abide forever. If those who are toiling for wealth to leave their children, would but take half the pains to secure for them virtuous habits, how much more serviceable would they be. The largest property may be wrested from a child, but virtue will stand by him to the last. William Graham Sumner
Property left to a child may soon be lost; but the inheritance of virtue--a good name an unblemished reputation--will abide forever. If those who are toiling for wealth to leave their children, would but take half the pains to secure for them virtuous habits, how much more serviceable would they be. The largest property may be wrested from a child, but virtue will stand by him to the last.
Discourse on virtue and they pass by in droves. Whistle and dance the shimmy, and you've got an audience. Diogenes Laertius
Discourse on virtue and they pass by in droves. Whistle and dance the shimmy, and you've got an audience.
Consistency is a virtue for trains: what we want from a philosopher is insights, whether he comes by them consistently or not. Stephen Vizinczey
Consistency is a virtue for trains: what we want from a philosopher is insights, whether he comes by them consistently or not.
Ours is the most time-pressed generation in history by virtue of the number of things competing for our attention. Jeff Davidson
Ours is the most time-pressed generation in history by virtue of the number of things competing for our attention.
For the world was changing, and sweetness was gone, and virtue too. Worry had crept on a corroding world, and what was lost--good manners, ease and beauty? Ladies were not ladies anymore, and you couldn't trust a gentleman's word... Oh, strawberries don't taste as they used to and the thighs of women have lost their clutch! John Steinbeck
For the world was changing, and sweetness was gone, and virtue too. Worry had crept on a corroding world, and what was lost--good manners, ease and beauty? Ladies were not ladies anymore, and you couldn't trust a gentleman's word... Oh, strawberries don't taste as they used to and the thighs of women have lost their clutch!
Genius and virtue are to be more often found clothed in gray than in peacock bright. Van Wyck Brooks
Genius and virtue are to be more often found clothed in gray than in peacock bright.
Terror is nothing other than justice, prompt, severe, inflexible; it is therefore an emanation of virtue; it is not so much a special principle as it is a consequence of the general principle of democracy applied to our country's most urgent needs. Maximilien Robespierre
Terror is nothing other than justice, prompt, severe, inflexible; it is therefore an emanation of virtue; it is not so much a special principle as it is a consequence of the general principle of democracy applied to our country's most urgent needs.
Compassion is not a popular virtue. Karen Armstrong
Compassion is not a popular virtue.
Sometimes bureaucracies are incompetent, just by virtue of the fact that they're bureaucracies. And, sometimes, Jack has to do things outside the law. Howard Gordon
Sometimes bureaucracies are incompetent, just by virtue of the fact that they're bureaucracies. And, sometimes, Jack has to do things outside the law.
The names of our civic places reflect our values and our aspirations, ... It's wrong to sever the link between civic names and civic virtue. Gary Ruskin
The names of our civic places reflect our values and our aspirations, ... It's wrong to sever the link between civic names and civic virtue.
The virtue of some people consists wholly in condemning the vices in others. Herbert Samuel
The virtue of some people consists wholly in condemning the vices in others.
Many people think that virtue consists of severity towards others. Alphonse Karr
Many people think that virtue consists of severity towards others.
The other airlines by virtue of the bankruptcy court have reduced their labor costs below where ours is today. That represents a competitive problem. Thomas Horton
The other airlines by virtue of the bankruptcy court have reduced their labor costs below where ours is today. That represents a competitive problem.
The long-term virtue of this idea, what you'll begin to create, is a terrific lifetime habit that will give a person a great deal of lasting benefit. That weighs a lot more than the short-term thrill of tearing off the wrapping paper. Don Cassidy
The long-term virtue of this idea, what you'll begin to create, is a terrific lifetime habit that will give a person a great deal of lasting benefit. That weighs a lot more than the short-term thrill of tearing off the wrapping paper.
The career of a writer is comparable to that of a woman of easy virtue. You write first for pleasure, later for the pleasure of others and finally for money. Marcel Achard
The career of a writer is comparable to that of a woman of easy virtue. You write first for pleasure, later for the pleasure of others and finally for money.
Virtue is its own punishment. Aneurin Bevan
Virtue is its own punishment.
The very spring and root of honesty and virtue lie in good education. Plutarch
The very spring and root of honesty and virtue lie in good education.
All bow to virtue, and then walk away. De Finod
All bow to virtue, and then walk away.
Liberty without virtue would be no blessing to us. Benjamin Rush
Liberty without virtue would be no blessing to us.
High birth is an accident, not a virtue. Pietro Metastasio
High birth is an accident, not a virtue.
Virtue consisted in avoiding scandal and venereal disease. Robert Cecil
Virtue consisted in avoiding scandal and venereal disease.
Prosperity is the measure or touchstone of virtue, for it is less difficult to bear misfortune than to remain uncorrupted by pleasure. Cornelius Tacitus
Prosperity is the measure or touchstone of virtue, for it is less difficult to bear misfortune than to remain uncorrupted by pleasure.
By virtue of the fact that we're continuing to meet with them and talk with them is one indicator ... that there are some things that are looking attractive to us as opportunities. Linda Ulrey
By virtue of the fact that we're continuing to meet with them and talk with them is one indicator ... that there are some things that are looking attractive to us as opportunities.
Every faculty and virtue I possess can be used as an instrument with which to worry myself. Mark Rutherford
Every faculty and virtue I possess can be used as an instrument with which to worry myself.
Patriotism must be founded on great principals and supported by great virtue. Henry Bolingbroke
Patriotism must be founded on great principals and supported by great virtue.
We haven't been taught to guard positive energy, to see slowing down as a virtue. Judith Orloff
We haven't been taught to guard positive energy, to see slowing down as a virtue.
We're in a better position to prevent an attack by terrorists on an airplane, that's for sure, ... But then again, we were in a better position after 50 minutes (on Sept. 11, 2001) to defend it, just by virtue of people in the plane ? the last plane ? knowing what was happening and taking the plane down rather than allowing the terrorists to fly the plane into the Capitol. Martin Meehan
We're in a better position to prevent an attack by terrorists on an airplane, that's for sure, ... But then again, we were in a better position after 50 minutes (on Sept. 11, 2001) to defend it, just by virtue of people in the plane ? the last plane ? knowing what was happening and taking the plane down rather than allowing the terrorists to fly the plane into the Capitol.
To be really great in little things, to be truly noble and heroic in the insipid details of everyday life, is a virtue so rare as to be worthy of canonization. Harriet Beecher Stowe
To be really great in little things, to be truly noble and heroic in the insipid details of everyday life, is a virtue so rare as to be worthy of canonization.
Virtue isn't 'better' than vice. It's just different. Bill Watterson
Virtue isn't 'better' than vice. It's just different.
Virtue has never been as respectable as money. Mark Twain
Virtue has never been as respectable as money.
If hard work were really a virtue, then mules would be saints. James Dee Richardson
If hard work were really a virtue, then mules would be saints.
What this show ends up being is the beneficiary of all the work that I've done in the previous incarnations of it. Every one of those shows was responsible for making something new happen, either by virtue of what an actor does by bringing something to it, or a piece blocking or a musical interpretation. I've put all of it together. Martin Charnin
What this show ends up being is the beneficiary of all the work that I've done in the previous incarnations of it. Every one of those shows was responsible for making something new happen, either by virtue of what an actor does by bringing something to it, or a piece blocking or a musical interpretation. I've put all of it together.
Change in a trice. The lilies and languors of virtue. For the raptures and roses of vice;. Algernon Charles Swinburne
Change in a trice. The lilies and languors of virtue. For the raptures and roses of vice;.
FIDELITY, n. A virtue peculiar to those who are about to be betrayed. Ambrose Bierce
FIDELITY, n. A virtue peculiar to those who are about to be betrayed.
Envy is blind, and she has no other quality than that of detracting from virtue. Titus Livy
Envy is blind, and she has no other quality than that of detracting from virtue.
By virtue of its geographical location, The Bahamas is an unwitting transit point for illegal drugs from producing countries to the south of our borders, to consumer nations to the north of our borders. Fred Mitchell
By virtue of its geographical location, The Bahamas is an unwitting transit point for illegal drugs from producing countries to the south of our borders, to consumer nations to the north of our borders.
However great an evil immorality may be, we must not forget that it is not without its beneficial consequences. It is only through extremes that men can arrive at the middle path of wisdom and virtue. Karl Wilhelm Von Humboldt
However great an evil immorality may be, we must not forget that it is not without its beneficial consequences. It is only through extremes that men can arrive at the middle path of wisdom and virtue.
There are men whom a happy disposition, a strong desire of glory and esteem, inspire with the same love for justice and virtue which men in general have for riches and honors....But the number of these men is so small that I only mention them in honor of humanity. Claude Adrien Helvetius
There are men whom a happy disposition, a strong desire of glory and esteem, inspire with the same love for justice and virtue which men in general have for riches and honors....But the number of these men is so small that I only mention them in honor of humanity.
Tolerance it a tremendous virtue, but the immediate neighbors of tolerance are apathy and weakness. James Goldsmith
Tolerance it a tremendous virtue, but the immediate neighbors of tolerance are apathy and weakness.
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. Buddha
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.
One path alone leads to a life of peace: The path of virtue. Juvenal
One path alone leads to a life of peace: The path of virtue.
Fans make it feel like you are 3 to 4 degrees cooler by virtue of the air on skin, which produces a cooler effect. Tom Hines
Fans make it feel like you are 3 to 4 degrees cooler by virtue of the air on skin, which produces a cooler effect.
I do not believe in sex distinction in literature, law, politics, or trade - or that modesty and virtue are more becoming to women than to men, but wish we had more of it everywhere. Belva Lockwood
I do not believe in sex distinction in literature, law, politics, or trade - or that modesty and virtue are more becoming to women than to men, but wish we had more of it everywhere.
We think there is virtue in letting customers act on a voluntary nature in terms of renewable energy. We think it makes more economic sense than a state-mandated Renewable Portfolio Standard, which could end up being more expensive for the consumer. Daniel Bishop
We think there is virtue in letting customers act on a voluntary nature in terms of renewable energy. We think it makes more economic sense than a state-mandated Renewable Portfolio Standard, which could end up being more expensive for the consumer.
Hypocrisy is not generally a social sin, but a virtue. Judith Martin
Hypocrisy is not generally a social sin, but a virtue.
In several cases, it's been a witnessing tool, just by virtue of having it in common with someone and being able to talk with someone while we play. Daniel Howell
In several cases, it's been a witnessing tool, just by virtue of having it in common with someone and being able to talk with someone while we play.
Every Latter-day Saint is a feminist by virtue of being a member. Valerie Hudson
Every Latter-day Saint is a feminist by virtue of being a member.
In stirring up tumult and strife, the worst men can do the most, but peace and quiet cannot be established without virtue. Cornelius Tacitus
In stirring up tumult and strife, the worst men can do the most, but peace and quiet cannot be established without virtue.
Twentieth-century art may start with nothing, but it flourishes by virtue of its belief in itself, in the possibility of control over what seems essentially uncontrollable, in the coherence of the inchoate, and in its ability to create its own values. A. Alvarez
Twentieth-century art may start with nothing, but it flourishes by virtue of its belief in itself, in the possibility of control over what seems essentially uncontrollable, in the coherence of the inchoate, and in its ability to create its own values.
Good company and good discourse are the very sinews of virtue. Izaak Walton
Good company and good discourse are the very sinews of virtue.
By virtue of just adding that lane all the way through the system in both directions northbound and southbound, you're going to increase the capacity. Jacek Tyszkiewicz
By virtue of just adding that lane all the way through the system in both directions northbound and southbound, you're going to increase the capacity.
As humans have a prior right to existence over dogs by virtue of being more highly evolved and having a superior consciousness, so women have a prior right to existence over men. The elimination of any male is, therefore, a righteous and good act, an act highly beneficial to women as well as an act of mercy. Valerie Solanas
As humans have a prior right to existence over dogs by virtue of being more highly evolved and having a superior consciousness, so women have a prior right to existence over men. The elimination of any male is, therefore, a righteous and good act, an act highly beneficial to women as well as an act of mercy.
What we're doing today is announcing in effect a bridging program to help families with cash assistance and services and to help people who've lost their jobs or been displaced from their homes by virtue of this tragedy. Franklin Thomas
What we're doing today is announcing in effect a bridging program to help families with cash assistance and services and to help people who've lost their jobs or been displaced from their homes by virtue of this tragedy.
The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts, therefore guard accordingly; and take care that you entertain no notions unsuitable to virtue, and reasonable nature. Marcus Aurelius Antoninus
The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts, therefore guard accordingly; and take care that you entertain no notions unsuitable to virtue, and reasonable nature.
Decadence: The Passing of Personal Virtue and Its Replacement by Political and Psychological Slogans. London School
Decadence: The Passing of Personal Virtue and Its Replacement by Political and Psychological Slogans.
My virtue is my kindness. I'm a kind person. My fault is having that become my enemy. Takehito Koyasu
My virtue is my kindness. I'm a kind person. My fault is having that become my enemy.
The only foundation for a useful education in a republic is to be laid in religion. Without this there can be no virtue, and without virtue there can be no liberty. Benjamin Rush
The only foundation for a useful education in a republic is to be laid in religion. Without this there can be no virtue, and without virtue there can be no liberty.
Aiding the needy has always been a traditional Chinese virtue. The Spring Festival alms program embodies a combination of the virtue and the political ideology of the ruling Communist Party of China (CPC). Lu Xiaowen
Aiding the needy has always been a traditional Chinese virtue. The Spring Festival alms program embodies a combination of the virtue and the political ideology of the ruling Communist Party of China (CPC).
Only conservatives believe that subversion is still being carried on in the arts and that society is being shaken by it. Advanced art today is no longer a cause /it contains no moral imperative. There is no virtue in clinging to principles and standards, no vice in selling or in selling out. Harold Rosenberg
Only conservatives believe that subversion is still being carried on in the arts and that society is being shaken by it. Advanced art today is no longer a cause /it contains no moral imperative. There is no virtue in clinging to principles and standards, no vice in selling or in selling out.
God gives to every man virtue, temper, and understanding. William Cooper
God gives to every man virtue, temper, and understanding.
We should all renew our faith in God because He has always been there for us at very difficult times of our nation's history. At a time like this, we should remember and practice the virtue of selflessness, love, sacrifice which the life, death and resurrection of Jesus exemplified. Otunba Gbenga Daniel
We should all renew our faith in God because He has always been there for us at very difficult times of our nation's history. At a time like this, we should remember and practice the virtue of selflessness, love, sacrifice which the life, death and resurrection of Jesus exemplified.
Laws and customs may be creative of vice; and should be therefore perpetually under process of observation and correction: but laws and customs cannot be creative of virtue: they may encourage and help to preserve it; but they cannot originate it. Harriet Martineau
Laws and customs may be creative of vice; and should be therefore perpetually under process of observation and correction: but laws and customs cannot be creative of virtue: they may encourage and help to preserve it; but they cannot originate it.
RICHES, n. A gift from Heaven signifying, 'This is my beloved son, in whom I am well pleased.' John D. Rockefeller The reward of toil and virtue. J.P. Morgan The sayings of many in the hands of one. Eugene Debs To these excellent definitions the inspired lexicographer feels that he can add nothing of va. Ambrose Bierce
RICHES, n. A gift from Heaven signifying, 'This is my beloved son, in whom I am well pleased.' John D. Rockefeller The reward of toil and virtue. J.P. Morgan The sayings of many in the hands of one. Eugene Debs To these excellent definitions the inspired lexicographer feels that he can add nothing of va.
What's virtue in man can't be virtue in a cat. Gail Hamilton
What's virtue in man can't be virtue in a cat.
These sorts of funds have set themselves up to outperform by virtue of the fact that individual picks can really make a difference. Paul Herbert
These sorts of funds have set themselves up to outperform by virtue of the fact that individual picks can really make a difference.
Exaggerated self-importance is deemed an individual fault, but a racial virtue. Kelly Miller
Exaggerated self-importance is deemed an individual fault, but a racial virtue.
PERSEVERANCE, n. A lowly virtue whereby mediocrity achieves an inglorious success. 'Persevere, persevere!' cry the homilists all, Themselves, day and night, persevering to bawl. 'Remember the fable of tortoise and hare -- The one at the goal while the other is -- where?' Why, back there in Dreamland, renewing his lease Of life, all his muscles preserving the peac. Ambrose Bierce
PERSEVERANCE, n. A lowly virtue whereby mediocrity achieves an inglorious success. 'Persevere, persevere!' cry the homilists all, Themselves, day and night, persevering to bawl. 'Remember the fable of tortoise and hare -- The one at the goal while the other is -- where?' Why, back there in Dreamland, renewing his lease Of life, all his muscles preserving the peac.
I'm older and wiser, and while patience is still a virtue most coaches lack, it's obviously part of the equation. Beth Burns
I'm older and wiser, and while patience is still a virtue most coaches lack, it's obviously part of the equation.
Strength was the virtue of paganism; obedience is the virtue of Christianity. David Hare
Strength was the virtue of paganism; obedience is the virtue of Christianity.
Morally, the show challenges itself consistently. To be honest, sometimes I don't know where the morals stand. But at some point in time, usually at the end of each episode, you come up with some kind of message and some kind of moralistic virtue in some kind of way. Julian Mcmahon
Morally, the show challenges itself consistently. To be honest, sometimes I don't know where the morals stand. But at some point in time, usually at the end of each episode, you come up with some kind of message and some kind of moralistic virtue in some kind of way.
Make a virtue of necessity. Geoffrey Chaucer
Make a virtue of necessity.
Innocence more often than not is a piece of good fortune rather than a virtue. Anatole France
Innocence more often than not is a piece of good fortune rather than a virtue.
We're probably looking at an increase in funding from last year. I would expect this year to be larger just by virtue of our growing assets. Stephen Howard
We're probably looking at an increase in funding from last year. I would expect this year to be larger just by virtue of our growing assets.
Believe me, 'tis a godlike thing to lend; to owe is a heroic virtue. Francois Rabelais
Believe me, 'tis a godlike thing to lend; to owe is a heroic virtue.
The Cuban national, by virtue of the fact that he's Cuban and eligible to adjust his status under the Cuban Adjustment Act will still be processed for removal, but he'll have the opportunity to request to stay. Steve Mcdonald
The Cuban national, by virtue of the fact that he's Cuban and eligible to adjust his status under the Cuban Adjustment Act will still be processed for removal, but he'll have the opportunity to request to stay.
Punctuality is the virtue of the bored. Evelyn Waugh
Punctuality is the virtue of the bored.
Some of them actually reported the cash payments, but Eddie understood that they might not do that. Eddie also did not have his corporation deduct those payments as salaries or wages, so the corporation ended up paying more tax than it should have. It overpaid in amounts many times more than the government claimed it lost by virtue of this behavior. Hank Asbill
Some of them actually reported the cash payments, but Eddie understood that they might not do that. Eddie also did not have his corporation deduct those payments as salaries or wages, so the corporation ended up paying more tax than it should have. It overpaid in amounts many times more than the government claimed it lost by virtue of this behavior.
UGLINESS, n. A gift of the gods to certain women, entailing virtue without humility. Ambrose Bierce
UGLINESS, n. A gift of the gods to certain women, entailing virtue without humility.
We should end this tax [death] on virtue, work, savings, job creation and the American dream, and end it for good. John Kyl
We should end this tax [death] on virtue, work, savings, job creation and the American dream, and end it for good.
Sometimes we need to remind ourselves that thankfulness is indeed a virtue. William Bennett
Sometimes we need to remind ourselves that thankfulness is indeed a virtue.
Rebellion per se is not a virtue. If it were, we would have some heroes on very low levels. Norman Thomas
Rebellion per se is not a virtue. If it were, we would have some heroes on very low levels.
One ought to seek out virtue for its own sake, without being influenced by fear or hope, or by any external influence. Moreover, that in that does happiness consist. Diogenes Laertius
One ought to seek out virtue for its own sake, without being influenced by fear or hope, or by any external influence. Moreover, that in that does happiness consist.
There is no moral virtue in being endowed with genius rather than talent: It is a gift of the gods or the luck of the genes. Dorothy Green
There is no moral virtue in being endowed with genius rather than talent: It is a gift of the gods or the luck of the genes.
Ours has much more to do with the Masonic theme. Mozart was really intrigued by the ideals of the Masons and wanting to have truth, virtue and reason be the model by which people live by. Christine Seitz
Ours has much more to do with the Masonic theme. Mozart was really intrigued by the ideals of the Masons and wanting to have truth, virtue and reason be the model by which people live by.
Often devotion to virtue arises from sated desire. Laurence Hope
Often devotion to virtue arises from sated desire.
The virtue of seeing a doctor who knows you is, if you come in and say, 'I have a headache,' he or she knows whether you always have headaches or if this is an earth-shattering event because you haven't had a headache in 40 years. Carolyn Clancy
The virtue of seeing a doctor who knows you is, if you come in and say, 'I have a headache,' he or she knows whether you always have headaches or if this is an earth-shattering event because you haven't had a headache in 40 years.
ROSTRUM, n. In Latin, the beak of a bird or the prow of a ship. In America, a place from which a candidate for office energetically expounds the wisdom, virtue and power of the rabble. Ambrose Bierce
ROSTRUM, n. In Latin, the beak of a bird or the prow of a ship. In America, a place from which a candidate for office energetically expounds the wisdom, virtue and power of the rabble.
To make a virtue of necessity. Roman Proverb
To make a virtue of necessity.
And virtue, though in rags, will keep me warm. John Dryden
And virtue, though in rags, will keep me warm.
I have the same sense of the power and virtue of knowledge that some people get from a religious background. Walter Gilbert
I have the same sense of the power and virtue of knowledge that some people get from a religious background.
A political organization is a transferable commodity. You could not find a better way of killing virtue than by packing it into one of these contraptions which some gang of thieves is sure to find useful. John Jay Chapman
A political organization is a transferable commodity. You could not find a better way of killing virtue than by packing it into one of these contraptions which some gang of thieves is sure to find useful.
Every life is march from innocence, through temptation, to virtue or vice. Lyman Abbott
Every life is march from innocence, through temptation, to virtue or vice.
Generosity. This community has demonstrated that virtue. Every visiting teacher that has come has made that remark. It is one of the most beautiful aspects of this community. We rely totally on donations. Eido Frances Carney
Generosity. This community has demonstrated that virtue. Every visiting teacher that has come has made that remark. It is one of the most beautiful aspects of this community. We rely totally on donations.
There is no sanctuary of virtue like home. Edward Everett Hale
There is no sanctuary of virtue like home.
Virtue often trips and falls over the sharp edge of poverty. Eugene Sue
Virtue often trips and falls over the sharp edge of poverty.
For what is done or learned by one class of women becomes, by virtue of their common womanhood, the property of all women. Elizabeth Blackwell
For what is done or learned by one class of women becomes, by virtue of their common womanhood, the property of all women.
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