1,046 Quotes About Virtue

A great, a good, and a right mind is a kind of divinity lodged in flesh, and may be the blessing of a slave as well as of a prince: it came from heaven, and to heaven it must return; and it is a kind of heavenly felicity, which a pure and virtuous mind enjoys, in some degree, even upon earth.

It was as if I had inherited a palace by virtue of simply being in love.

Even if someone does something that brings bad to you,do something good for them and make them feel shy for what they have done to you

He never complained. He seemed to have no instinct for the making much of oneself that complaining requires.

Simplicity is a great virtue but it requires hard work to achieve it and education to appreciate it. And to make matters worse: complexity sells better.

You have to choose the best, every day, without compromise...guided by your own virtue and highest ambition

Olivier took a deep breath, then turned and bowed in farewell. Gersonides nodded in return, then thought of something."The manuscript you brought me, by that bishop. It argues that understanding is more important than movement. That action is virtuous only if it reflects pure comprehension, and that virtue comes from the comprehension, not the action."Olivier frowned. "So?""Dear boy, I must tell you a secret.""What?""I do believe it is wrong.

They had been brought up to think that the domestic virtues were self-evident and universal; they had been starved of the knowledge that most attracts the young mind: that the crown of life is the exercise of choice

She who has the excellence of home virtues, and can expend within the means of her husband, is a help in the domestic state