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Blood is inherited and virtue is acquired. – Venezuelan Proverb
God gives to every man virtue, temper, and understanding. – William Cooper
Jenny replied to this with a bitterness which might have surprized a judicious person, who had observed the tranquillity with which she bore all the affronts to her chastity; but her patience was perhaps tired out, for this is a virtue which is very apt to be fatigued by exercise. – Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling
Politicians are interested in people. Not that it is always a virtue. Fleas are interested in dogs. – P. J. O'Rourke
Seek for illumination of self, and then the world, through the simple, humble, almighty, supreme virtue of love. – Bryant McGill
To be able to practice five things everywhere under heaven constitutes perfect virtue...[They are] gravity, generosity of soul, sincerity, earnestness, and kindness. – Confucius, The Confucian Analects
Virtue has never been as respectable as money. – Mark Twain
Virtue is indeed its own reward. – Claudianus
Fine words and an insinuating appearance are seldom associated with true virtue. – Confucius
O, now, for ever Farewell the tranquil mind farewell content Farewell the plumed troop and the big wars That make ambition virtue O, farewell Farewell the neighing steed and the shrill trump, The spirit-stirring drum, the ear-piercing fife, The royal banner, and all quality, Pride, pomp, and circumstance of glorious war And, O you mortal engines, whose rude throats The immortal Jove's dread clamours counterfeit, Farewell Othello's occupation's gone – William Shakespeare
Virtue lies in the middle ground. – Dr. Jose P. Rizal
Everybody believes in something and everybody, by virtue of the fact that they believe in something, use that something to support their own existence. – Frank Zappa
Extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice. And moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue. – Barry Goldwater
It is an infantile superstition of the human spirit that virginity would be thought a virtue and not the barrier that separates ignorance from knowledge – Voltaire
Wisdom is know what to do next virtue is doing it. – David Starr Jordan
Indeed, the Founders mentioned the pagan authors in so many heartfelt speeches, pamphlets and letters that today's sweeping references to America's 'Christian' roots and 'Judeo-Christian heritage' ought to be amended. Maybe these terms should be reserved to explain the traditional religions and morality of individuals, families, congregations, small communitities. Politically, our notions of virtue and vice have had another genesis. – Colin Campbell
A large part of virtue consists in good habits. – William Paley
To think ill of mankind, and not to wish ill to them, is perhaps the highest wisdom and virtue. – William Hazlitt
The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts, therefore guard accordingly and take care that you entertain no notions unsuitable to virtue, and reasonable nature. – Marcus Aurelius Antoninus
Men are equal it is not birth but virtue that makes the difference. – Voltaire
Rarely do great beauty and great virtue dwell together. – Petrarch
What men call good fellowship is commonly but the virtue of pigs in a litter which lie close together to keep each other warm. – Henry David Thoreau
Her virtue was that she said what she thought, her vice that what she thought didn't amount to much. – Peter Ustinov
"Knowledge, without common sense," says Lee, is "folly; without method, it is waste; without kindness, it is fanaticism; without religion, it is death." But with common sense, it is wisdom with method, it is power; with clarity, it is beneficence; with religion, it is virtue, and life, and peace. – Austin Farrar
...a revolution of government is the strongest proof that can be given by a people of their virtue and good sense. – John Adams, (Diary, 1786)

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