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Virtuous Quotes

It is a great mistake to think that the extremist is a better man than the moderate. Usually the difference is not that he is morally stronger, but that he is intellectually weaker. He is not more virtuous. He is simply more foolish Picture Quote #1

For to cast away a virtuous friend, I call as bad as to cast away one’s own life, which one loves best Picture Quote #1

I don’t think I’ve ever been face to face with pure evil, so I don’t think I’ve ever seen it with my own eyes. But I do understand human frailty and I do understand the capacity of people to be intermittently noble and virtuous and fallible Picture Quote #1

I thank God that I can say on my death bed that I am a virtuous woman Picture Quote #1

For liberty hath a sharp and double edge, fit only to be handled by just and virtuous men; to bad and dissolute, it becomes a mischief unwieldy in their own hands Picture Quote #1

Look within. The heart is the foundation of virtue; and it is for eternity ready to do virtuous works Picture Quote #1

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Many are really virtuous who cannot explain what virtue is... But the powers themselves in reality perform their several operations with sufficient constancy and uniformity in persons of good health whatever their opinions be about them Picture Quote #1

We must soften into a credulity below the milkiness of infancy to think all men virtuous. We must be tainted with a malignity truly diabolical, to believe all the world to be equally wicked and corrupt Picture Quote #1

A husband can commit no greater blunder than to discuss his wife, if she is virtuous, with his mistress; unless it be to mention his mistress, if she is beautiful, to his wife Picture Quote #1

We do know now, all of us, that the most appalling cruelties are committed by apparently virtuous governments in expectation of a great good to come, never learning that the evil done now is the sure destroyer of the expected good Picture Quote #1

Temptations make one very censorious. If you are virtuous you condemn the wicked and if you are wicked, you condemn the virtuous Picture Quote #1

Psychologically speaking, one may say that the hypocrite is too ambitious; not only does he want to appear virtuous before others, he wants to convince himself Picture Quote #1

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The best thing about liver is how virtuous it makes you feel after you’ve eaten some Picture Quote #1

To one who has led a virtuous life, to sin is the easiest thing in the world. No experience of unpleasant consequences grits that smooth sliding fall, no recollection of disillusionment blurs that pure desire Picture Quote #1

A virtuous abstinence from the joys of pederasty comes most easily to those who have no taste for it Picture Quote #1

To discover depravity in those whom we have loved, is one of the most exquisite tortures to a virtuous mind, and the conviction is often rejected before it is finally admitted Picture Quote #1

When justice happens to oppose prejudice, we are apt to believe it virtuous to disobey her Picture Quote #1

None but the estimable shall hear from me that I esteem them. The whole world is entitled to my courtesy, but greater tribute than that must be earned through virtuous acts Picture Quote #1

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Even if we could suppose the citizen body to be virtuous, without each of them being so, yet the latter would be better, for in the virtue of each the virtue of all is involved Picture Quote #1

Men are not made religious by performing certain actions which are externally good, but they must first have righteous principles, and then they will not fail to perform virtuous actions Picture Quote #1

In a virtuous and free state, no rewards can be so pleasing to sensible minds, as those which include the approbation of our fellow citizens. My great pain is, lest my poor endeavours should fall short of the kind expectations of my country Picture Quote #1

An inebriated elderly gentleman in the last depths of shabbiness... played the calm and virtuous old men Picture Quote #1

By the worldly standards of public life, all scholars in their work are of course oddly virtuous. They do not make wild claims, they do not cheat, they do not try to persuade at any cost, they appeal neither to prejudice nor to authority Picture Quote #1

All those who write either explicitly or by insinuation against the dignity, freedom, and immortality of the human soul, may so far forth be justly said to unhinge the principles of morality, and destroy the means of making men reasonably virtuous Picture Quote #1

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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 Picture Quote #1

Is virtue a thing remote? I wish to be virtuous, and lo! Virtue is at hand Picture Quote #1

They that are virtuous from principle may receive confidence in every capacity; but they that are so from custom or habit, are capable of trust only in matters of ordinary and settled occurrence Picture Quote #1

We shall all be perfectly virtuous when there is no longer any flesh on our bones Picture Quote #1

Men dissimulate their dearest, most constant, and most virtuous inclination from weakness and a fear of being condemned Picture Quote #1

To the virtuous man, the universe is the only sanctum sanctorum, and the penetralia of the temple are the broad noon of his existence Picture Quote #1

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It is a great mistake to think that the extremist is a better man than the moderate. Usually the difference is not that he is morally stronger, but that he is intellectually weaker. He is not more virtuous. He is simply more foolish (Virtuous Quotes) For to cast away a virtuous friend, I call as bad as to cast away one’s own life, which one loves best (Virtuous Quotes) I don’t think I’ve ever been face to face with pure evil, so I don’t think I’ve ever seen it with my own eyes. But I do understand human frailty and I do understand the capacity of people to be intermittently noble and virtuous and fallible (Virtuous Quotes) I thank God that I can say on my death bed that I am a virtuous woman (Virtuous Quotes) For liberty hath a sharp and double edge, fit only to be handled by just and virtuous men; to bad and dissolute, it becomes a mischief unwieldy in their own hands (Virtuous Quotes) Look within. The heart is the foundation of virtue; and it is for eternity ready to do virtuous works (Virtuous Quotes) Many are really virtuous who cannot explain what virtue is... But the powers themselves in reality perform their several operations with sufficient constancy and uniformity in persons of good health whatever their opinions be about them (Virtuous Quotes) We must soften into a credulity below the milkiness of infancy to think all men virtuous. We must be tainted with a malignity truly diabolical, to believe all the world to be equally wicked and corrupt (Virtuous Quotes) A husband can commit no greater blunder than to discuss his wife, if she is virtuous, with his mistress; unless it be to mention his mistress, if she is beautiful, to his wife (Virtuous Quotes) We do know now, all of us, that the most appalling cruelties are committed by apparently virtuous governments in expectation of a great good to come, never learning that the evil done now is the sure destroyer of the expected good (Virtuous Quotes) Temptations make one very censorious. If you are virtuous you condemn the wicked and if you are wicked, you condemn the virtuous (Virtuous Quotes) Psychologically speaking, one may say that the hypocrite is too ambitious; not only does he want to appear virtuous before others, he wants to convince himself (Virtuous Quotes) The best thing about liver is how virtuous it makes you feel after you’ve eaten some (Virtuous Quotes) To one who has led a virtuous life, to sin is the easiest thing in the world. No experience of unpleasant consequences grits that smooth sliding fall, no recollection of disillusionment blurs that pure desire (Virtuous Quotes) A virtuous abstinence from the joys of pederasty comes most easily to those who have no taste for it (Virtuous Quotes) To discover depravity in those whom we have loved, is one of the most exquisite tortures to a virtuous mind, and the conviction is often rejected before it is finally admitted (Virtuous Quotes) When justice happens to oppose prejudice, we are apt to believe it virtuous to disobey her (Virtuous Quotes) None but the estimable shall hear from me that I esteem them. The whole world is entitled to my courtesy, but greater tribute than that must be earned through virtuous acts (Virtuous Quotes) Even if we could suppose the citizen body to be virtuous, without each of them being so, yet the latter would be better, for in the virtue of each the virtue of all is involved (Virtuous Quotes) Men are not made religious by performing certain actions which are externally good, but they must first have righteous principles, and then they will not fail to perform virtuous actions (Virtuous Quotes) In a virtuous and free state, no rewards can be so pleasing to sensible minds, as those which include the approbation of our fellow citizens. My great pain is, lest my poor endeavours should fall short of the kind expectations of my country (Virtuous Quotes) An inebriated elderly gentleman in the last depths of shabbiness... played the calm and virtuous old men (Virtuous Quotes) By the worldly standards of public life, all scholars in their work are of course oddly virtuous. They do not make wild claims, they do not cheat, they do not try to persuade at any cost, they appeal neither to prejudice nor to authority (Virtuous Quotes) All those who write either explicitly or by insinuation against the dignity, freedom, and immortality of the human soul, may so far forth be justly said to unhinge the principles of morality, and destroy the means of making men reasonably virtuous (Virtuous Quotes) 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 (Virtuous Quotes) Is virtue a thing remote? I wish to be virtuous, and lo! Virtue is at hand (Virtuous Quotes) They that are virtuous from principle may receive confidence in every capacity; but they that are so from custom or habit, are capable of trust only in matters of ordinary and settled occurrence (Virtuous Quotes) We shall all be perfectly virtuous when there is no longer any flesh on our bones (Virtuous Quotes) Men dissimulate their dearest, most constant, and most virtuous inclination from weakness and a fear of being condemned (Virtuous Quotes) To the virtuous man, the universe is the only sanctum sanctorum, and the penetralia of the temple are the broad noon of his existence (Virtuous Quotes)

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