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Virtue Quotes

Happiness is neither virtue nor pleasure nor this thing nor that but simply growth, we are happy when we are growing Picture Quote #1

In the intellectual order, the virtue of humility is nothing more nor less than the power of attention Picture Quote #1

I believe that Virtue shows quite as well in rags and patches as she does in purple and fine linen Picture Quote #1

Heaven and hell suppose two distinct species of men, the good and the bad. But the greatest part of mankind float betwixt vice and virtue Picture Quote #1

The advantages found in history seem to be of three kinds, as it amuses the fancy, as it improves the understanding, and as it strengthens virtue Picture Quote #1

Disobedience, in the eyes of any one who has read history, is man's original virtue. It is through disobedience that progress has been made, through disobedience and through rebellion Picture Quote #1

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Natural ability without education has more often attained to glory and virtue than education without natural ability Picture Quote #1

I add this, that rational ability without education has oftener raised man to glory and virtue, than education without natural ability Picture Quote #1

To suppose that any form of government will secure liberty or happiness without any virtue in the people, is a chimerical idea Picture Quote #1

The arts and a belief in the values of the civil rights movement, in the overwhelming virtue of diversity, these were our religion. My parents worshipped those ideals Picture Quote #1

I don't like people who have never fallen or stumbled. Their virtue is lifeless and it isn't of much value. Life hasn't revealed it's beauty to them Picture Quote #1

People praise virtue, but they hate it, they run away from it. It freezes you to death, and in this world you've got to keep your feet warm Picture Quote #1

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In marriage do thou be wise: prefer the person before money, virtue before beauty, the mind before the body; then thou hast a wife, a friend, a companion, a second self Picture Quote #1

Happiness lies neither in vice nor in virtue; but in the manner we appreciate the one and the other, and the choice we make pursuant to our individual organization Picture Quote #1

No power in society, no hardship in your condition can depress you, keep you down, in knowledge, power, virtue, influence, but by your own consent Picture Quote #1

Swift blazing flag of the regiment, eagle with crest of red and gold, these men were born to drill and die. Point for them the virtue of slaughter, make plain to them the excellence of killing and a field where a thousand corpses lie Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

While the people retain their virtue and vigilance, no administration, by any extreme of wickedness or folly, can very seriously injure the government in the short space of four years Picture Quote #1

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Virtue is it's own reward, and brings with it the truest and highest pleasure; but if we cultivate it only for pleasure's sake, we are selfish, not religious, and will never gain the pleasure, because we can never have the virtue Picture Quote #1

Resolved, that the same amount of virtue, delicacy, and refinement of behavior, that is required of woman in the social state, should also be required of man, and the same transgressions should be visited with equal severity on both man and woman Picture Quote #1

Our dreams of a pure virtue are dissolved in a situation in which it is possible to exercise the virtue of responsibility toward a community of nations only by courting the prospective guilt of the atomic bomb Picture Quote #1

There are evidently limits to the achievements of science; and there are irresolvable contradictions both between prosperity and virtue, and between happiness and the good life, which had not been anticipated in our philosophy Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

Music is the movement of sound to reach the soul for the education of it's virtue Picture Quote #1

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Weak is that throne, and in itself unsound, which takes not solid virtue for it's ground Picture Quote #1

With that dull, rooted, callous impudence, which, dead to shame, and every nicer sense, never blushed, unless in spreading vice's snares, she blundered on some virtue unawares Picture Quote #1

When the eye fails to find beauty - alias solace - it commands the body to create it, or, failing that, adjusts itself to perceive virtue in ugliness Picture Quote #1

For a thousand years no king in Christendom has shown such greatness or given so high a type of manly virtue Picture Quote #1

No virtue fades out of mankind. Not over hopeful by inborn temperament, cautious by long experience, I yet never despair of human virtue Picture Quote #1

Resignation is, to some extent, spoiled for me by the fact that it is so entirely conformable to the laws of common sense. I should like just a little more of the supernatural in the practice of my favorite virtue Picture Quote #1

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Happiness is neither virtue nor pleasure nor this thing nor that but simply growth, we are happy when we are growing (Virtue Quotes) In the intellectual order, the virtue of humility is nothing more nor less than the power of attention (Virtue Quotes) I believe that Virtue shows quite as well in rags and patches as she does in purple and fine linen (Virtue Quotes) Heaven and hell suppose two distinct species of men, the good and the bad. But the greatest part of mankind float betwixt vice and virtue (Virtue Quotes) The advantages found in history seem to be of three kinds, as it amuses the fancy, as it improves the understanding, and as it strengthens virtue (Virtue Quotes) Disobedience, in the eyes of any one who has read history, is man's original virtue. It is through disobedience that progress has been made, through disobedience and through rebellion (Virtue Quotes) Natural ability without education has more often attained to glory and virtue than education without natural ability (Virtue Quotes) I add this, that rational ability without education has oftener raised man to glory and virtue, than education without natural ability (Virtue Quotes) To suppose that any form of government will secure liberty or happiness without any virtue in the people, is a chimerical idea (Virtue Quotes) The arts and a belief in the values of the civil rights movement, in the overwhelming virtue of diversity, these were our religion. My parents worshipped those ideals (Virtue Quotes) I don't like people who have never fallen or stumbled. Their virtue is lifeless and it isn't of much value. Life hasn't revealed it's beauty to them (Virtue Quotes) People praise virtue, but they hate it, they run away from it. It freezes you to death, and in this world you've got to keep your feet warm (Virtue Quotes) In marriage do thou be wise: prefer the person before money, virtue before beauty, the mind before the body; then thou hast a wife, a friend, a companion, a second self (Virtue Quotes) Happiness lies neither in vice nor in virtue; but in the manner we appreciate the one and the other, and the choice we make pursuant to our individual organization (Virtue Quotes) No power in society, no hardship in your condition can depress you, keep you down, in knowledge, power, virtue, influence, but by your own consent (Virtue Quotes) Swift blazing flag of the regiment, eagle with crest of red and gold, these men were born to drill and die. Point for them the virtue of slaughter, make plain to them the excellence of killing and a field where a thousand corpses lie (Virtue Quotes) 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 (Virtue Quotes) While the people retain their virtue and vigilance, no administration, by any extreme of wickedness or folly, can very seriously injure the government in the short space of four years (Virtue Quotes) Virtue is it's own reward, and brings with it the truest and highest pleasure; but if we cultivate it only for pleasure's sake, we are selfish, not religious, and will never gain the pleasure, because we can never have the virtue (Virtue Quotes) Resolved, that the same amount of virtue, delicacy, and refinement of behavior, that is required of woman in the social state, should also be required of man, and the same transgressions should be visited with equal severity on both man and woman (Virtue Quotes) Our dreams of a pure virtue are dissolved in a situation in which it is possible to exercise the virtue of responsibility toward a community of nations only by courting the prospective guilt of the atomic bomb (Virtue Quotes) There are evidently limits to the achievements of science; and there are irresolvable contradictions both between prosperity and virtue, and between happiness and the good life, which had not been anticipated in our philosophy (Virtue Quotes) 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 (Virtue Quotes) Music is the movement of sound to reach the soul for the education of it's virtue (Virtue Quotes) Weak is that throne, and in itself unsound, which takes not solid virtue for it's ground (Virtue Quotes) With that dull, rooted, callous impudence, which, dead to shame, and every nicer sense, never blushed, unless in spreading vice's snares, she blundered on some virtue unawares (Virtue Quotes) When the eye fails to find beauty - alias solace - it commands the body to create it, or, failing that, adjusts itself to perceive virtue in ugliness (Virtue Quotes) For a thousand years no king in Christendom has shown such greatness or given so high a type of manly virtue (Virtue Quotes) No virtue fades out of mankind. Not over hopeful by inborn temperament, cautious by long experience, I yet never despair of human virtue (Virtue Quotes) Resignation is, to some extent, spoiled for me by the fact that it is so entirely conformable to the laws of common sense. I should like just a little more of the supernatural in the practice of my favorite virtue (Virtue Quotes)

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