Virtuous Quotes - Page 11

• Save the love we pay to heaven, there is none purer, holier, than that a virtuous woman feels for him she would cleave through life to. Sisters part from sisters, brothers from brothers, children from their parents, but such woman from the husband of her choice, never!

  James Sheridan Knowles

  Marriage, Brother, Children

  James Sheridan Knowles (1859). “The Dramatic Works of James Sheridan Knowles: The love chase. Woman's wit. The maid of Mariendorpt. Love. John of Procida. Old maids. The rose of Arragon. The secretary”, p.255

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

  Thomas Sherlock

  Mind, Wicked, Infamous

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• All freedoms provided by democracy are for those who believe in it. Can the rights and freedoms of millions of virtuous people who believe in democracy be safeguarded if those who seek to destroy it abuse rights and freedoms to achieve their goals?

  Kenan Evren

  Believe, Rights, People

  "TURKEY: An Uneasy Honeymoon" by William E. Smith, content.time.com. September 29, 1980.

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

  William Goffe

  Past, Lasts, Action

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• none but the estimable shall hear from me that I esteem them. The whole world is entitled to my courtesy, but greater tribute than that must be earned through virtuous acts.

  Sophie von La Roche

  World, Admiration, Courtesy

  Sophie von La Roche (1991). “The History of Lady Sophia Sternheim: Extracted by a Woman Friend of the Same from Original Documents and Other Reliable Sources”, p.135, SUNY Press

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

  Susanna Rowson

  Forgiveness, Heart, Errors

  Susanna Rowson (2015). “Charlotte Temple”, p.73, Sheba Blake Publishing

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• I argue that in the long run, the US would be on a far more financially secure footing if we recalibrate how we spend about two-to-three percent of the country's GNP, using state and federal taxes to create pools of money for spending on America's poor - which would, as numerous economists have argued in recent years, create virtuous spending circles, since those on lower incomes spend more of each extra dollar in their possession than do those on higher incomes.

  Sasha Abramsky

  Running, Long, Arguing

  Source: www.truth-out.org

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• This sutra enjoins a rule of morality. It says nobody should be disrespected. A man can impress evdrybnody by his virtues. Disrespecting others means downfall of our own virtues. A person who disrespects others, in a way disrespect himself. A virtuous man does not disrespect his friend or vevn his enemy. Disrespect to enemy can investigate him toreact. The best thing is to destroy him completely. For a ruler this is very important.

  Chanakya

  Mean, Men, Political

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• There are two very natural propensities which we may distinguish in the most virtuous and liberal dispositions, the love of pleasure and the love of action. If the former is refined by art and learning, improved by the charms of social intercourse, and corrected by a just regard to economy, to health, and to reputation, it is productive of the greatest part of the happiness of private life.

  Edward Gibbon

  Art, Two, History

  Edward Gibbon (2015). “History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire V1: the History Focus”, p.348, 谷月社

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• If the emperor had capriciously decreed the death of the most eminent and virtuous citizen of the republic, the cruel order would have been executed without hesitation by the ministers of open violence or of specious injustice. The caution, the delay, the difficulty with which he proceeded in the condemnation and punishment of a popular bishop, discovered to the world that the privileges of the church had already revived a sense of order and freedom in the Roman government.

  Edward Gibbon

  Order, Punishment, Government

  Edward Gibbon (2015). “Delphi Complete Works of Edward Gibbon (Illustrated)”, p.908, Delphi Classics

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• The good man is he for whom, because he is virtuous, the things that are absolutely good are good; it is also plain that his use of these goods must be virtuous and in the absolute sense good.

  Aristotle

  Men, Good Man, Use

  Aristotle (2013). “The Essential Aristotle”, p.380, Simon and Schuster

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• God sure esteems the growth and completing of one virtuous person, more that the restraint of ten vicious.

  John Milton

  Growth, Virtue, Vicious

  John Milton (1859). “The prose works of John Milton”, p.177

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

  Julian Tuwim

  Girl, Boys, Saws

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• Did any great genius ever enter the world in the wake of commonplace pre-natal conditions? Was a maker of history ever born amidst the pleasant harmonies of a satisfied domesticity? Of a mother who was less than remarkable, although she may have escaped being great? Did a woman with no wildness in her blood ever inform a brain with electric fire? The students of history know that while many mothers of great men have been virtuous, none have been commonplace, and few have been happy.

  Gertrude Atherton

  Mother, Men, Fire

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• Psychologically speaking, one may say that the hypocrite is too ambitious; not only does he want to appear virtuous before others, he wants to convince himself.

  Hannah Arendt

  Hypocrite, Hypocrisy, Ambitious

  Hannah Arendt (1963). “On revolution”, Viking Press

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• The best thing about liver is how virtuous it makes you feel after you've eaten some.

  Bruce Jay Friedman

  Food, Cooking, Culinary

  Bruce Jay Friedman (1978). “The Lonely Guy: And, The Slightly Older Guy”, p.33, Grove Press

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• The world is ashamed of being virtuous.

  Laurence Sterne

  Work, World, Ashamed

  Laurence Sterne (1853). “Works ...”, p.353

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• When our souls shall leave this dwelling, the glory of one fair and virtuous action is above all the 'scutcheons on our tomb, or silken banners over us.

  James Shirley

  Dwelling, Soul, Action

  James Shirley (1833). “The Dramatic Works and Poems of James Shirley, Now First Collected: The grateful servant. The traitor. Love's cruelty. Love in a maze. The bird in a cage. Hyde Park”, p.174

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• It is pleasant to be virtuous and good, because that is to excel many others; it is pleasant to grow better, because that is to excel ourselves; it is pleasant to mortify and subdue our lusts, because that is victory; it is pleasant to command our appetites and passions, and to keep them in due order within the bounds of reason and religion, because this is empire.

  John Tillotson

  Passion, Order, Lust

  John Tillotson (1720). “Works”, p.121

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• In real life, however, you don't react to what someone did; you react only to what you think she did, and the gap between action and perception is bridged by the art of impression management. If life itself is but what you deem it, then why not focus your efforts on persuading others to believe that you are a virtuous and trustworthy cooperator?

  Jonathan Haidt

  Life, Art, Real

  Jonathan Haidt (2006). “The Happiness Hypothesis: Finding Modern Truth in Ancient Wisdom”, p.61, Basic Books

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• It is that faculty by which we discover and enjoy the beautiful, the picturesque, and the sublime in literature, art, and nature; which recognizes a noble thought, as a virtuous mind welcomes a pure sentiment by a involuntary glow of satisfaction. But while the principle of perception is inherent in the soul, it requires a certain amount of knowledge to draw out and direct it.

  Robert Aris Willmott

  Beautiful, Art, Soul

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• What can be happier than for a man, conscious of virtuous acts, and content with liberty, to despise all human affairs?
  [Lat., Quid enim est melius quam memoria recte factorum, et libertate contentum negligere humana?]

  Marcus Junius Brutus the Younger

  Happiness, Men, Liberty

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• 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.

  Ann Radcliffe

  Disappointment, Mind, Conviction

  Ann Radcliffe (1820). “The romance of the forest, by the authoress of 'A Sicilian romance'.”, p.147

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• There are some few instances in which it is virtuous to disobey.

  Ann Radcliffe

  Instance, Disobedience

  Ann Radcliffe (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Ann Radcliffe (Illustrated)”, p.1205, Delphi Classics

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• Still, vicious or virtuous,
  Love suits most of us.

  Philip Larkin

  Love, Suits, Vicious

  Philip Larkin (2012). “Philip Larkin Poems: Selected by Martin Amis”, p.91, Faber & Faber

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