Best 1793 quotes in «virtue quotes» category

Happy the man whom indulgent fortune allows to pay to virtue what he owes to nature, and to make a generous gift of what must otherwise be ravished from him by cruel necessity.

Happy will it be for ourselves, and most honorable for human nature, if we have wisdom and virtue enough to set so glorious an example to mankind!

Have you ever found in history, one single example of a nation, thoroughly corrupted, that was afterwards restored to virtue? And without virtue there can be no political liberty.

He is ill clothed that is bare of virtue.

Her virtue and the conscience of her worth, That would be woo'd, and not unsought be won.

He lives in fame that died in virtue's cause.

Her virtue was that she said what she thought, her vice that what she thought didn't amount to much.

He loves not who does not see the faults of the beloved as virtues.

He that's ungrateful has no guilt but one; All other crimes may pass for virtues in him.

He that hath wife and children hath given hostages to fortune; for they are impediments to great enterprises, either of virtue or mischief.

He (the sage) is good to those who are good. He is also good to those who are not good. That is the virtue of good.

He that would have his virtue published, is not the servant of virtue, but glory.

He was a man who understood the virtue of small things.

He who shall practice these twenty virtues shall become invincible in all his undertakings.

He was a man of his times. with one virtue and a thousand crimes. (The Corsair)

He who parades his virtues seldom leads the parade. He who puts up with insult invites injury. Health requires this relaxation, this aimless life. This life in the present.

Higher education is not necessarily a guarantee of higher virtue.

He who seeks repentance for the past, should woo the angel virtue for the future.

He who possess virtue in abundance may be compared to an infant.

History in general is a collection of crimes, follies, and misfortunes among which we have now and then met with a few virtues, and some happy times.

High birth is an accident, not a virtue.

His vices were the vices of his time and culture, but his virtues transcended the milieu of his life.

His virtues walked their narrow round, Nor made a pause, nor left a void; And sure the Eternal Master found The single talent well employed.

HOBBES: Virtue needs some cheaper thrills.

Honor is the reward of virtue.

Hope is a horrible thing, you know. I don't know who decided to package hope as a virtue because it's not. It's a plague. Hope is like walking around with a fishhook in your mouth and somebody just keeps pulling it and pulling it.

Hope should no more be a virtue than fear; we fear and we hope, according to what is promised or threatened us.

How beautiful then is modesty and what a gem among virtues it is.

How delicious to corrupt, to stifle all semblances of virtue and religion in that young heart!

How great, my friends, is the virtue of living upon a little!

Honesty is a selfish virtue. Yes I am honest enough.

Humanity is the virtue of a woman, generosity that of a man.

Humanistic ethics is based on the principle that only humans themselves can determine the criterion for virtue and not an authority transcending us.

Human nature is pretty well balanced; for every lacking virtue there is a rough substitute that will serve at a pinch--as cunning is the wisdom of the unwise, and ferocity the courage of the coward.

Humility and resignation are our prime virtues.

Humility, as we all know, is one of those virtues that is never gained by seeking it. The more we pursue it the more distant it becomes. To think we have it is sure evidence that we don't.

Humility enforces where neither virtue nor strength can prevail, nor reason.

Humility is a virtue all preach, none practice; and yet everybody is content to hear.

Humility is the most beautiful virtue that we can develop.

His own faith, however, was not lacking in virtues since it consisted in acknowledging obscurely that he would be granted much without ever deserving anything.

Humility is the distinguishing virtue of the believer in freedom; arrogance, of the paternalist.

Hypocrisy is not generally a social sin, but a virtue.

Humility is not something that comes naturally. But it is a cardinal virtue that should be pursued more than any other.

I always think loyalty's such a tiresome virtue.

Humility is the virtue that requires the greatest amount of effort.

Humility is one of the most repulsive virtues, nearly always false.

Humility is probably the most difficult virtue to realize.

I am determined to control events, not be controlled by them.

I can't expect others to share my virtues. It's good enough for me if they share my vices.

I am good to people who are good. I am also good to people who are not good. Because Virtue is goodness.