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If there is any better way to teach virtue than by practicing it, I do not know it.
Deliberate virtue is never worth much: The virtue of feeling or habit is the thing.
The virtue of a human being is the application of his capacity to the general good.
Confidentiality is a virtue of the loyal, as loyalty is the virtue of faithfulness.
Follow the way of virtue. Follow the way joyfully through this world and on beyond.
Everybody's part of the greater whole and skepticism and virtue are a part of that.
Genius and virtue are to be more often found clothed in gray than in peacock bright.
In this era in which we live, the old-fashioned virtues grow increasingly unpopular.
We seldom speak of the virtue which we have, but much oftener of that which we lack.
Remorse is virtue's root; its fair increase are fruits of innocence and blessedness.
When the old poets made some virtue their theme, they were not teaching but adoring.
A man is not aware of his virtues (if any). Nevertheless, one hopes that they exist.
The virtuous carry out the settlement, but those without virtue pursue their claims.
Silver and gold are not the only coin; virtue too passes current all over the world.
UGLINESS, n. A gift of the gods to certain women, entailing virtue without humility.
Virtue is the only and true nobility. [Lat., Nobilitas sola est atque unica virtus.]
Virtue is a state of war, and to live in it we have always to combat with ourselves.
What can everyone do? Praise and blame. This is human virtue, this is human madness.
Lowliness is the base of every virtue, And he who goes the lowest builds the safest.
If there is a virtue in the world at which we should always aim, it is cheerfulness.
Each of us is in fact what he is almost exclusively by virtue of his imitative-ness.
Glory, the casual gift of thoughtless crowds! Glory, the bribe of avaricious virtue!
There is a natural aristocracy among men. The grounds of this are virtue and talents.
By virtue of being a half Punjabi and half Sikh, tandoori chicken was my staple diet.
Humility is a virtue all preach, none practice; and yet everybody is content to hear.
If vanity does not entirely overthrow the virtues, at least it makes them all totter.
Even if we stand at the very summit of virtue, it is by mercy that we shall be saved.
What most persons consider as virtue, after the age of 40 is simply a loss of energy.
It is a natural virtue incident to our sex to be pitiful of those that are afflicted.
It is not enough merely possess virtue, as if it were an art; it should be practiced.
The practice of patience in crafting and process is a virtue that needs to come back.
Decision has greater virtue and force if taken after there has been eloquent dissent.
Everything is useful which contributes to fix the principles and practices of virtue.
Every virtue divorced from thankfulness is maimed and limps along the spiritual road.
Idleness and fear keeps us in the path of duty, but our virtue often gets the praise.
The name and pretense of virtue is as serviceable to self-interest as are real vices.
You don’t love because: you love despite; not for the virtues, but despite the faults.
Moderation in temper is always a virtue; but moderation in principle is always a vice.
Perfection of moral virtue does not wholly take away the passions, but regulates them.
It is difficult to persuade mankind that the love of virtue is the love of themselves.
Any system of economics is bankrupt if it sees either value or virtue in unemployment.
The greatest art of a politician is to render vice serviceable to the cause of virtue.
I've always been interested in our flaws as human beings, just as much as the virtues.
Villainy that is vigilant will be an overmatch for virtue, if she slumber at her post.
Without courage there cannot be truth, and without truth there can be no other virtue.
We may eventually come to realize that chastity is no more a virtue than malnutrition.
I am no herald to inquire into men's pedigree; it sufficeth me if I know their virtues.
If one must do a wrong, it's best to do it pursuing power-otherwise, let's have virtue.
Balancing your budget is like protecting your virtue. You have to learn when to say no.
The virtuous man is driven by responsibility, the non-virtuous man is driven by profit.