Virtuous Quotes

As the love of the heavens makes us heavenly, the love of virtue virtuous, so doth the love of the world make one become worldly.

A virtuous abstinence from the joys of pederasty comes most easily to those who have no taste for it.

As for the virtuous poor, one can pity them of course, but one cannot possibly admire them.

There is no cure for the pride of a virtuous nation but pure religion.

For to cast away a virtuous friend, I call as bad as to cast away one's own life, which one loves best.

Cultivators of the earth are the most virtuous and independent citizens.

Nothing is truly infamous, but what is wicked; and therefore shame can never disturb an innocent and virtuous mind.

I beg my Children to be just and virtuous, never to disgrace my name or theirs, and then they are out of fortune's power

The sweetest cordial we receive at last, Is conscience of our virtuous actions past.

Content not thyself that thou art virtuous in the general; for one link being wanting, the chain is defective.

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

There are few virtuous women who are not bored with their trade.

Virtuous and vicious every man must be, few in the extreme, but all in the degree.

To discover depravity in those whom we have loved, is one of the most exquisite tortures to a virtuous mind, and the conviction is often rejected before it is finally admitted.

There are some jobs in which it is impossible for a man to be virtuous.

Be in general virtuous, and you will be happy. At least, you will by such conduct, stand the best chance for such consequences.

Men are virtuous because women are; women are virtuous from necessity.

A great man need not be virtuous, nor his opinions right, but he must have a firm mind, a distinctive luminous character.

Socialism: nothing more than the theory that the slave is always more virtuous than his master.

Virtue its own reward? Alas! And what a poor one as a rule! Be virtuous and life will pass Like one long term of Sunday School.

It is not the business of government to make men virtuous or religious, or to preserve the fool from the consequences of his own folly.

One can imagine the look the two lovers exchanged; it was like a flame, for virtuous lovers have not a shred of hypocrisy.

Non virtuous behavior brings about unhappiness. Every time.

A virtuous girl never chases after boys; who ever saw a mousetrap chasing mice?

Let him leave the imperial court, who wishes to be virtuous. Virtue and absolute power cannot coexist.

Just as the Salt Lake Temple took 40 years to build, stone by stone, you are building a virtuous life, step by step.

I was benevolent and good; misery made me a fiend. Make me happy, and I shall again be virtuous.

The more we become civilized, the more we simultaneously understand our need to be virtuous, and our need to understand our experiences on a subconscious level.

Ethics without virtue is an illusion. What is the highest purpose of ethics? It is to make a person good, that is virtuous.

The wise man applauds he who he thinks most virtuous; the rest of the world applauds the wealthy.

the heart that is truly virtuous is ever inclined to pity and forgive the errors of its fellow-creatures.

Many an attack of depression is nothing but the expression of regret at having to be virtuous.

The wicked are wicked, no doubt, and they go astray and they fall, and they come by their deserts; but who can tell the mischief which the very virtuous do?

'Tis not to make me jealous To say my wife is fair, feeds well, loves company, Is free of speech, sings, plays, and dances well; Where virtue is, these are more virtuous.

It is a notable circumstance that mothers who are themselves open to severe comments as to their, moral character, are generally most solicitous as to the virtuous behavior of their daughters.

Let me resolve to be virtuous, that I may be happy, that I may please Him, who is delighted to see me happy. Amen.

She was cold by nature, self-love predominating over passion; rather than being virtuous, she preferred to have her pleasures all to herself.

He is a truly virtuous man who wishes always to be open to the observation of honest men.

Our merit gains us the esteem of the virtuous-our star that of the public.

Every virtuous act has some Dark secret in its heart; every risk we take contains a mystery that can’t be solved.

I believe that no discovery of fact, however trivial, can be wholly useless to the race, and that no trumpeting of falsehood, however virtuous in intent, can be anything but vicious.

Sin is a dangerous toy in the hands of the virtuous. It should be left to the congenitally sinful, who know when to play with it and when to let it alone.

I do not know if she was virtuous, but she was ugly, and with a woman that is half the battle.

To have money is to be virtuous, honest, beautiful and witty And to be without is to be ugly and boring and stupid and useless.

I am not virtuous. Our sons will be if we shed enough blood to give them the right to be.

What shocks the virtuous philosopher, delights the chameleon poet.

The more prohibitions you have, the less virtuous people will be. Try to make people moral, and you lay the groundwork for vice.

I can at once become happy anywhere, for he is happy who has found himself a happy lot. In a word, happiness lies all in the functions of reason, in warrantable desires and virtuous practice.

The beauty of self realization lies in secretly working out within you everything that is virtuous, that is beautiful, that is joyful.

When we associate with the virtuous we form ourselves in imitation of their virtues, or at least lose, every day, something of our faults.