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Last updated on December 23, 2024.
Extol Jewish virtue, modern Zionism and the Israeli Defense Forces.
Happiness can be built only on virtue, and must of necessity have truth for its foundation.
Friendship is the union of spirits, a marriage of hearts, and the bond thereof virtue
Whatever you do, do it gently and unhurriedly, because virtue is not a pear to be eaten in one bite.
The glory of wealth and of beauty is fleeting and frail; virtue is illustrious and everlasting.
True valor, on virtue founded strong, meets all events alike.
The virtue of some people consists wholly in condemning the vices in others.
Extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice. And moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue.
Over Legislation is not necessarily a virtue. It often leads to misuse of law.
Fine dancing, I believe, like virtue, must be its own reward.
It is a great virtue to be needed. Greater, even, than being liked
Unless virtue guide us our choice must be wrong.
The life of a republic lies certainly in the energy, virtue, and intelligence of its citizens.
It is certainly true that a popular government cannot flourish without virtue in the people.
Or if Virtue feeble were, Heav'n itself would stoop to her.
He who practices sheel (virtue) and sayyam (self-restrain) attains to greatness
Without constancy there is neither love, friendship, nor virtue in the world.
Humility is a virtue all preach, none practice; and yet everybody is content to hear.
Courage is the basic virtue for everyone so long as he continues to grow, to move ahead.
My heart laments that virtue cannot live
Out of the teeth of emulation.
The greatest art of a politician is to render vice serviceable to the cause of virtue.
People who are in a fortunate position always attribute virtue to what makes them so happy.
The virtue of a human being is the application of his capacity to the general good.
Villainy wears many masks; none so dangerous as the mask of virtue.
Do not think you have gained a virtue unless you have first been tried by its opposite.
Everything is useful which contributes to fix the principles and practices of virtue.
All the big words -virtue, justice, truth, ...- are dwarfed by the greatness of kindness
Lack of power and opportunity passes off too often for virtue.
Virtue is beauty, but the beauteous evil.
Are empty trunks o'erflourished by the devil.
Virtue pardons the wicked, as the sandal-tree perfumes the axe which strikes it.
Even if we stand at the very summit of virtue, it is by mercy that we shall be saved.
Quietness is the beginning of virtue. To be silent is to be beautiful. Stars do not make a noise.
It is, indeed, a trial to maintain the virtue of humility when one can't help being right.
To preserve the life of citizens, is the greatest virtue in the father of his country.
Forgiveness is Truth itself. It is Righteousness, it is the Veda. It is the supreme virtue in this world.
"I pay my taxes," says somebody, as if that were an act of virtue instead of one of compulsion.
People don't understand the virtue of time, until their clock stops ticking.
Exactness and neatness in moderation is a virtue, but carried to extremes narrows the mind.
In order to be effective you need not only virtue but also mental strength.
The name and pretense of virtue is as serviceable to self-interest as are real vices.
Prudence is the virtue by which we discern what is proper to do under various circumstances in time and place.
The conquer'd, also, and enslaved by war, Shall, with their freedom lost, all virtue lose.
Virtue may be assailed, but never hurt, Surprised by unjust force, but not enthralled.
A lady of honor may be raped once, but it strengthens her virtue.
As threshing separates the wheat from the chaff, so does affliction purify virtue.
Remorse is virtue's root; its fair increase is fruits of innocence and blessedness.
Though ambition in itself is a vice, it often is also the parent of virtue.
Like the greatest virtue and the worst dogs, the fiercest hatred is silent.
Everything, virtue, glory, honor, things human and divine, all are slaves to riches.
Many people think that virtue consists of severity towards others.
Republics, one after another . . . have perished from a want of intelligence and virtue in the masses of the people. . . .
Virtue would go far if vanity did not keep it company.
The very spring and root of honesty and virtue lie in good education.
Saudi Arabia is a puritanical state that claims a monopoly of wisdom and virtue.
And what is faith, love, virtue unassayed Alone, without exterior help sustained?
The order of nature [is] that individual happiness shall be inseparable from the practice of virtue.
It is only the poor who pay cash, and that not from virtue, but because they are refused credit.
Weak is that throne, and in itself unsound,
Which takes not solid virtue for its ground.
The highest panegyric, therefore, that private virtue can receive, is the praise of servants.
Virtue is the health of the soul. It gives a flavor to the smallest leaves of life.
