Virtue Quotes

In my own case, who have spent my whole life in the practice of virtue, right conduct from habitual has become natural. Sallust
Life Natural Practice Become Own Virtue Spent Case My Own Habitual Conduct Who Whole Right Right Conduct
A virtue to be serviceable must, like gold, be alloyed with some commoner, but more durable alloy. Samuel Butler
Virtue Must Some More Like Durable Gold Commoner Serviceable
The function of vice is to keep virtue within reasonable bounds. Samuel Butler
Virtue Bounds Within Vice Reasonable Function Keep
Virtue knows that it is impossible to get on without compromise, and tunes herself, as it were, a trifle sharp to allow for an inevitable fall in playing. Samuel Butler
Impossible Inevitable Fall Herself Virtue Trifle Compromise Allow Sharp Knows Without Were Get Tunes Playing
It is the function of vice to keep virtue within reasonable bounds. Samuel Butler
Virtue Bounds Within Vice Reasonable Function Keep
For every prescriptive idea about the craft of fiction, there's at least one writer who makes a virtue of the contrary. Sarah Hall
Every Virtue At Least One About Writer Idea Makes Least Contrary Craft Fiction Who
You want to make people laugh and by virtue of that please them, but when you're instructed to make people laugh and please them, you're too resentful to do it. Sarah Silverman
You People Too Virtue Please Laugh Instructed Make Want Them Resentful
Renown is something people have always wanted, but maybe what's modern is that it's considered a virtue, this desire, rather than a vice. I might be wrong about this. Sheila Heti
People Virtue Considered About Something Rather Something People Wrong Renown Always Than Modern Maybe Wanted Vice Might Desire
By virtue of who we are, what we know, the promises we made to our Heavenly Father, and the fact that we are living now and where we are living, I absolutely think we were all born to lead. Sheri L. Dew
Father Made Promises Living Think Virtue Our Born Fact Absolutely Lead Know Were Heavenly Heavenly Father Where Who Now
What is man's ultimate direction in life? It is to look for love, truth, virtue, and beauty. Shinichi Suzuki
Life Love Wisdom Truth Man Beauty Virtue Direction Look Ultimate
Virtue herself is her own fairest reward. Silius Italicus
Reward Own Herself Virtue Fairest Her
In the intellectual order, the virtue of humility is nothing more nor less than the power of attention. Simone Weil
Power Nothing Humility Virtue More Attention Nor Intellectual Than Order Less
The rewards of virtue alone abide secure. Sophocles
Alone Virtue Secure Abide Rewards
In a world of deep injustice and violence, a people exists that thinks some can be given time to study. We need you to take seriously the calling that is yours by virtue of going to college. Stanley Hauerwas
Time You Injustice People World Seriously College Virtue Some Given Take Study Calling Exists Going Yours Deep Thinks Violence Need
The only virtue a character needs to possess between hardcovers, even if he bears a real person's name, is vitality: if he comes to life in our imaginations, he passes the test. Stephen Vizinczey
Life Needs Character Virtue Our Possess Vitality Only Bears He Between Name Real Passes Test Person Even Imaginations
Americans' distrust of the conspicuously intellectual - a habit we learned, I suppose, on the frontier, but which remains a feature of the national character - has the virtue of puncturing the pretentious and exposing the fake, but it may also have impaired American listeners' patience for music that is especially complex or austere. Steven Stucky
Music Character Patience Pretentious National Virtue Complex Conspicuously Distrust Impaired Feature Habit Remains Suppose Also Learned Fake National Character Intellectual Austere American May Listeners Frontier Which Exposing
It is safest to be moderately base - to be flexible in shame, and to be always ready for what is generous, good, and just, when anything is to be gained by virtue. Sydney Smith
Good Virtue Shame Generous Safest Ready Always Moderately Just Anything Gained Flexible Base
Virtue is something you have to get good at, like playing the trombone or tolerating bores at parties. Being a virtuous human being takes practice; and those who are brilliant at being human (what Christians call the saints) are the virtuosi of the moral sphere - the Pavarottis and Maradonas of virtue. Terry Eagleton
Good You Human Being Brilliant Practice Virtue Virtuous Sphere Those Moral Bores Something Trombone Takes Like Parties Call Saints Get Human Being Being Human Who Tolerating Playing Christians
All of us are experts at practicing virtue at a distance. Theodore Hesburgh
Virtue Distance Practicing Experts Us
The British have turned their sense of humour into a national virtue. It is odd, because through much of history, humour has been considered cheap, and laughter something for the lower orders. But British aristocrats didn't care a damn about what people thought of them, so they made humour acceptable. Theodore Zeldin
History People Care Thought Laughter Made National Sense Damn Humour Virtue Considered Has-Been About Something Through Cheap Aristocrat Acceptable Because Odd Been Orders Them Turned Much Lower British
There is a natural aristocracy among men. The grounds of this are virtue and talents. Thomas Jefferson
Natural Men Virtue Aristocracy Talents Grounds Among
The liberation of Iraq, which is already hard to justify from the perspective of American interests, at least had the virtue of freeing Iraqis from a brutal dictator. Despite all the anarchy and violence, life has gotten better for most Iraqis. Timothy Noah
Life Better Perspective Virtue Despite Anarchy Liberation Brutal Had Freeing Most Least Gotten Iraq Iraqis Dictator American Which American Interests Justify Interests Hard Violence
What most men call their conscience is imaginary virtue switching left or right according to self-interest. Vernon Howard
Men Virtue Most Call Self-Interest Left According Switching Conscience Right Imaginary
Peace is the virtue of civilization. War is its crime. Victor Hugo
War Peace Crime Virtue Civilization
Even virtue is fairer when it appears in a beautiful person. Virgil
Beautiful Virtue Beautiful Person Fairer Person Even Appears
There is regressivity built into the tax code by virtue of its complexity. Wendy Long
Virtue Complexity Built Tax Tax Code Code
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