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Virtue20 quotes
Consider your origin;
you were not born to live like brutes,
but to follow virtue and knowledge. — Dante Alighieri · 1321Between us and excellence, the gods have placed the sweat of our brows. — Hesiod · 700 BCThe only reward of virtue is virtue; the only way to have a friend is to be one. — Ralph Waldo Emerson · 1841I cannot praise a fugitive and cloistered virtue, unexercised and unbreathed, that never sallies out and sees her adversary but slinks out of the race, where that immortal garland is to be run for, not without dust and heat. — John Milton · 1644Virtue does not come from money, but from virtue comes money and all other good things to man, both to the individual and to the state. — Socrates · 399 BCFor he does not wish to appear the bravest, but to be the bravest. — Aeschylus · 467 BCAll 20 quotes →Character3 quotes
Between us and excellence, the gods have placed the sweat of our brows. — Hesiod · 700 BCI cannot praise a fugitive and cloistered virtue, unexercised and unbreathed, that never sallies out and sees her adversary but slinks out of the race, where that immortal garland is to be run for, not without dust and heat. — John Milton · 1644For he does not wish to appear the bravest, but to be the bravest. — Aeschylus · 467 BCWealth3 quotes
Many evil men are rich, and good men poor,
But we shall not exchange with them our excellence for riches. — Solon · 560 BCThe renown which riches or beauty confer is fleeting and frail; mental excellence is a splendid and lasting possession. — Sallust · 42 BCVirtue never has been as respectable as money. — Mark Twain · 1869Human nature2 quotes
Neither by nature, then, nor contrary to nature do the virtues arise in us; rather we are adapted by nature to receive them, and are made perfect by habit. — Aristotle · 322 BCWe must soften into a credulity below the milkiness of infancy, to think all men virtuous. We must be tainted with a malignity truly diabolical, to believe all the world to be equally wicked and corrupt. — Edmund Burke · 1770Money2 quotes
Virtue does not come from money, but from virtue comes money and all other good things to man, both to the individual and to the state. — Socrates · 399 BCVirtue never has been as respectable as money. — Mark Twain · 1869Personal growth2 quotes
Neither by nature, then, nor contrary to nature do the virtues arise in us; rather we are adapted by nature to receive them, and are made perfect by habit. — Aristotle · 322 BCVirtue shuns ease as a companion... It demands a rough and thorny path. — Michel de Montaigne · 1580Self-improvement2 quotes
Neither by nature, then, nor contrary to nature do the virtues arise in us; rather we are adapted by nature to receive them, and are made perfect by habit. — Aristotle · 322 BCVirtue shuns ease as a companion... It demands a rough and thorny path. — Michel de Montaigne · 1580Vice2 quotes
Search others for their Virtues, thyself for thy Vices. — Benjamin Franklin · 1738There is no vice so simple but assumes
Some mark of virtue on his outward parts. — William Shakespeare · 1598Ambition1 quote
Virtue is choked with foul ambition. — William Shakespeare · 1594Appearance vs. reality1 quote
For he does not wish to appear the bravest, but to be the bravest. — Aeschylus · 467 BCCivic virtue1 quote
Is there no virtue among us? If there be not, we are in a wretched situation. — James Madison · 1788Deception1 quote
There is no vice so simple but assumes
Some mark of virtue on his outward parts. — William Shakespeare · 1598Duality of man1 quote
Virtue is choked with foul ambition. — William Shakespeare · 1594Excellence1 quote
Between us and excellence, the gods have placed the sweat of our brows. — Hesiod · 700 BCFame1 quote
The renown which riches or beauty confer is fleeting and frail; mental excellence is a splendid and lasting possession. — Sallust · 42 BCFriendship1 quote
The only reward of virtue is virtue; the only way to have a friend is to be one. — Ralph Waldo Emerson · 1841Habits1 quote
Neither by nature, then, nor contrary to nature do the virtues arise in us; rather we are adapted by nature to receive them, and are made perfect by habit. — Aristotle · 322 BCHard work1 quote
Between us and excellence, the gods have placed the sweat of our brows. — Hesiod · 700 BCNatural inequality1 quote
I agree with you that there is a natural aristocracy among men. The grounds of this are virtue and talents. — Thomas Jefferson · 1813Original sin1 quote
We must soften into a credulity below the milkiness of infancy, to think all men virtuous. We must be tainted with a malignity truly diabolical, to believe all the world to be equally wicked and corrupt. — Edmund Burke · 1770Perspective1 quote
We must soften into a credulity below the milkiness of infancy, to think all men virtuous. We must be tainted with a malignity truly diabolical, to believe all the world to be equally wicked and corrupt. — Edmund Burke · 1770Political theory1 quote
Is there no virtue among us? If there be not, we are in a wretched situation. — James Madison · 1788Purpose of life1 quote
Consider your origin;
you were not born to live like brutes,
but to follow virtue and knowledge. — Dante Alighieri · 1321Reciprocity1 quote
The only reward of virtue is virtue; the only way to have a friend is to be one. — Ralph Waldo Emerson · 1841Self-criticism1 quote
Search others for their Virtues, thyself for thy Vices. — Benjamin Franklin · 1738Talent1 quote
I agree with you that there is a natural aristocracy among men. The grounds of this are virtue and talents. — Thomas Jefferson · 1813Tests of character1 quote
I cannot praise a fugitive and cloistered virtue, unexercised and unbreathed, that never sallies out and sees her adversary but slinks out of the race, where that immortal garland is to be run for, not without dust and heat. — John Milton · 1644The human condition1 quote
Between us and excellence, the gods have placed the sweat of our brows. — Hesiod · 700 BCVirtue and vice1 quote
There is no vice so simple but assumes
Some mark of virtue on his outward parts. — William Shakespeare · 1598