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Letter "V" » Virtue
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«I always admired virtue - but I could never imitate it»
«Man is most happy, when his own actions are arguments and examples of his virtue.»
«I prefer an interesting vice to a virtue that bores»
«I do not know if she was virtuous, but she was ugly, and with a woman that is half the battle»
«It is a farce to call any being virtuous whose virtues do not result from the exercise of it's own reason»
«Moderation has been called a virtue to limit the ambition of great men, and to console undistinguished people for their want of fortune and their lack of merit.»
Author: Benjamin Disraeli
(Novelist, Prime Minister)
| About:
Moderation,
Virtue
| Keywords:
console, undistinguished
«It is easy to perform a good action, but not easy to acquire a settled habit of performing such actions.»
Author: Aristotle
(Philosopher, Physician, Scientist)
| About:
Action,
Virtue
| Keywords:
acquire, perform, performing, settled
«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.»
«It is the peculiar boast of our country, that her happiness is alone dependent on the collective wisdom and virtue of her citizens, and rests not on the exertions of any individual»
Author: George Washington
(President)
| About:
Country,
Happiness,
Virtue
| Keywords:
boast, collective, dependent, dependent on, exertions, peculiar, rests, The Collective
«Maybe there ain't no sin and there ain't no virtue, they's just what people does. Some things folks do is nice and some ain't so nice, and that's all any man's got a right to say.»
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