Virtuous Quotes

It is a grand mistake to think of being great without goodness and I pronounce it as certain that there was never a truly great man that was not at the same time truly virtuous.

There has never been any country at every moment so virtuous and so wise that it has not sometimes needed to be saved from itself.

Let no man under value the price of a virtuous woman's counsel.

If venereal delight and the power of propagating the species were permitted only to the virtuous, it would make the world very good.

The most virtuous women have something within them, something that is never chaste.

The most virtuous are those who content themselves with being virtuous without seeking to appear so.

Sexual harassment on the job is not a problem for virtuous women.

Be virtuous and you will be vicious.

Because just as arms have no force outside if there is no counsel within a house, study is vain and counsel useless that is not put to virtuous effect when the time calls.

All the dark, malevolent Passions of the Soul are roused and exerted; its mild and amiable affections are suppressed; and with them, virtuous Principles are laid prostrate.

Tutors who make youth learned do not always make them virtuous.

What do I owe to my times, to my country, to my neighbors, to my friends? Such are the questions which a virtuous man ought often to ask himself.

As virtuous men pass mildly away, and whisper to their souls to go, whilst some of their sad friends do say, the breath goes now, and some say no.

Most people are awaiting Virtual Reality; I'm awaiting virtuous reality.

He who is void of virtuous attachments in private life is, or very soon will be, void of all regard for his country. There is seldom an instance of a man guilty of betraying his country, who had not before lost the feeling of moral obligations in his private connections.

There is many a virtuous woman weary of her trade.

Virtuous people often revenge themselves for the constraints to which they submit by the boredom which they inspire.

It is a farce to call any being virtuous whose virtues do not result from the exercise of it's own reason.

In fact, it is a farce to call any being virtuous whose virtues do not result from the exercise of its own reason.

The generality of virtuous women are like hidden treasures, they are safe only because nobody has sought after them.

I am not virtuous. Our sons will be if we shed enough blood to give them the right to be.

To err is human; but contrition felt for the crime distinguishes the virtuous from the wicked.

The vicious circle has been shattered. Canadians now enjoy the benefits of the virtuous circle.

The fact is that a man who wants to act virtuously in every way necessarily comes to grief among so many who are not virtuous.

Powerful states can maintain themselves only by crime, little states are virtuous only by weakness.

The man of virtuous soul commands not, nor obeys.

The world has never yet seen a truly great and virtuous nation because in the degradation of woman the very fountains of life are poisoned at their source.

Do not have evil-doers for friends, do not have low people for friends: have virtuous people for friends, have for friends the best of men.

Because of the diverse conditions of humans, it happens that some acts are virtuous to some people, as appropriate and suitable to them, while the same acts are immoral for others, as inappropriate to them.

What innocence, may I ask, is being played here when it is known that this virtuous damsel has already got a dozen illegitimate children?