A Quote by Seneca the Younger

Levity of behavior is the bane of all that is good and virtuous.

Seneca the Younger

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Bane Behavior Good Levity Virtuous

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Seneca the Younger
Roman - Philosopher
4 BC - 65

Levity, you need levity to feel anything. You need to laugh before you cry. I think films that take themselves too seriously without any levity are missing an important ingredient to the potential emotional impact of their stories.

Cary Fukunaga

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

Levity of behavior, always a weakness, is far more unbecoming in a woman than a man.

William Penn

You can have levity in the film because real people look for levity in their lives.

David Michod

Some are born virtuous, some become virtuous. To be good by nature is indeed fortunate but to become good is like walking on a double-edged sword; it takes a longer time and is more painful.

Umera Ahmed

Non virtuous behavior brings about unhappiness. Every time.

Jetsunma Ahkon Lhamo

In order to become soundly virtuous, it is advisable to make good practical resolutions concerning particular acts of the virtues and to be faithful in carrying the out afterwards. Without doing that, one is often virtuous only in one's imagination.

Vincent de Paul

There are moments of levity. I feel like any great drama has moments of levity, or else it just becomes too hard to watch. 45 minutes of just pain and suffering is not enjoyable. We're trying to entertain people.

Brandon Jay McLaren

The purpose of polite behavior is never virtuous. Deceit, surrender, and concealment these are not virtues. The goal of the mannerly is comfort, per se.

June Jordan

Find out for yourself what is truth, what is real. Discover that there are virtuous things and there are non-virtuous things. Once you have discovered for yourself give up the bad and embrace the good.

Gautama Buddha

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.

Antoine Rivarol

Even in decline, a virtuous man increases the beauty of his behavior. A burning stick, though turned to the ground, has its flame drawn upwards.

Saskya Pandita

Being judgmental about your own behavior is actually another cop-out because it makes you feel as though you're doing something virtuous.

Barbara Sher

Suspicion is the companion of mean souls, and the bane of all good society.

Thomas Paine

A family can be the bane of one's existence. A family can also be most of the meaning of one's existence. I don't know whether my family is bane or meaning, but they have surely gone away and left a large hole in my heart.