41 Quotes About Virtuous

This virtuous and very industrious woman needs physical strength and ability to do the work of her life, the work of love.

Socrates: (...)They should not pit themselves against the will of the Gods in thought or deed. Here lies the true path of virtue and happiness. The other way is arrogance, pride and hubris. It ends in tragedy, as we all well know from the Theatre.Hermogenes: Thank you Socrates. Does this also mean that what the Gods will is always virtuous and must be the Good?Socrates: Yes. There is no other basis for the Good.

I have always considered David Hume as approaching as nearly the idea of a perfectly wise and virtuous man as perhaps the nature of human frailty will allow.

Just like a sinner can’t know the joys of living an honorable life, a virtuous person can’t know the joys of a sinful life either

Censors are not virtuous but cowards, virtuous people can debate ideas that upset them and not demand opposing thoughts or words be expunged.

Being a victim doesn’t make one virtuous.

People who don't like cats always seem to think there is some peculiar virtue in not liking them.

The evil of hypocrisy lies in presenting certain acts as virtues. Hypocrites cannot actually be virtuous, so they create certain things that make them appear virtuous.

Every person who is satisfied, content and happy thinks his understanding of happiness is truest because that is what he is experiencing. So, a virtuous person would subscribe his happiness to his virtuous deeds while an evil person would subscribe his happiness to his vices. Since a corrupt person has never lived a virtuous life, he will possibly never know the euphoria one derives from doing good deeds.