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Most men admire virtue who follow not her lore. - John Milton Virtue can see to do what virtue would by her own radiant light, though sun and moon were in the flat sea sunk. - John Milton Virtue that wavers is not virtue, but vice revolted from itself, and after a while returning. The actions of just and pious men do not darken in their middle course. - John Milton Virtue, which breaks through opposition and all temptation can remove, most shines, and most is acceptable above. - John Milton God sure esteems the growth and completing of one virtuous person, more that the restraint of ten vicious. - John Milton, Areopagitica--A Speech for the Liberty of Unlicensed Printing Or, if Virtue feeble were, Heaven itself would stoop to her. - John Milton, Comus (l. 1,022) Virtue could see to do what Virtue would By her own radiant light, though sun and moon Were in the flat sea sunk. - John Milton, Comus (l. 373) Virtue may be assailed, but never hurt, Surprised by unjust force, but not inthralled; Yea, even that which mischief meant most harm Shall in the happy trial prove most glory. - John Milton, Comus (l. 589) I prefer an accommodating vice to an obstinate virtue. [Fr., J'aime mieux un vice commode Qu'une fatigante vertu.] - Moliere (pseudonym of Jean Baptiste Poquelin), Amphitryon (I, 4) Birth is nothing where virtue is not. [Lat., La naissnace n'est rien ou la vertu n'est pas.] - Moliere (pseudonym of Jean Baptiste Poquelin), Don Juan (IV, 6) Where does virtue go to lodge? [Fr., Ou la vertu va-t-elle se nicher?] - Moliere (pseudonym of Jean Baptiste Poquelin), Exclamation of Moliere The height and value of true virtue consists in the facility, utility, and pleasure of its exercise; so far from difficulty, that boys, as well as men, and the innocent as well as the subtle, may make it their own; and it is by order and good conduct, and not by force, that it is to be acquired. - Michel Eyquem de Montaigne The recognition of virtue is not less valuable from the lips of the man who hates it, since truth forces him to acknowledge it; and though he may be unwilling to take it into his inmost soul, he at least decks himself out in its trappings. - Michel Eyquem de Montaigne There is no virtue which does not rejoice a well-descended nature; there is a kind of I know not what congratulation in well-doing, that gives us an inward satisfaction, and a certain generous boldness that accompanies a good conscience. - Michel Eyquem de Montaigne I find that the best virtue I have has in it some tincture of vice. - Michel Eyquem de Montaigne, Essays--That we Taste Nothing Pure Virtue is necessary to a republic. - Charles de Montesquieu (Charles-Louis de Secondat) Some virtue is needed, but not too much. Excess in anything is a defect. [Fr., Faut d'la vertu, pas trop n'en faut, L'exces en tout est un defaut.] - Jacques Marie Boutet Monvel, from a comic opera, "Erreur d'un Moment" Virtue is to herself the best reward. - Henry More I cannot worship the abstractions of virtue: she only charms me when she addresses herself to my heart, speaks through the love from which she springs. - Reinhold Niebuhr Verily, virtue must be her own reward, as in the Socratic creed; for she will bring no other dower than peace of conscience in her gift to whosoever weds her. "I have loved justice, and fled from iniquity; wherefore here I die in exile," said Hildebrand upon his death-bed. - Ouida (pseudonym of Marie Louise de la Ramee) In your judgment virtue requires no reward, and is to be sought for itself, unaccompanied by external benefits. [Lat., Judice te mercede caret, per seque petenda est Externis virtus incomitata bonis.] - Ovid (Publius Ovidius Naso), Epistoloe ex Ponto (bk. II, 3, 25) Virtue is not hereditary. - Thomas Paine When we are planning for posterity, we ought to remember that virtue is not hereditary. - Thomas Paine Positive virtues are of all others the severest and most sublime. - William Paley, Archdeacon of Saragossa The four cardinal virtues are prudence, fortitude, temperance, and justice. - William Paley, Archdeacon of Saragossa Displaying page 8 of 14 for this topic: << Prev Next >> 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 [8] 9 10 11 12 13 14
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