Quotes by Virtue There is nothing that is meritorious but virtue and friendship. Alexander Pope virtue friendship Sometimes virtue starves while vice is fed. Alexander Pope virtue vices sometimes Count all th' advantage prosperous Vice attains, Alexander Pope virtue vices want Poets heap virtues, painters gems, at will, And show their zeal, and hide their want of skill. Alexander Pope virtue skills want Some people are commended for a giddy kind of good-humor, which is as much a virtue as drunkenness. Alexander Pope virtue kind people Shall I pass by and leave you lying there because of the expedition you led against Greece, or shall I set you up again because of your magnanimity and your virtues in other respects? Alexander the Great virtue army lying As to virtue . . . it is an act of the will, a habit which increases the quantity, intensity and quality of life. It builds up, strengthens and vivifies personality. Alexis Carrel virtue quality personality Virtue must shape itself in deed. Alfred Lord Tennyson virtue shapes deeds Wisdom alone is true ambition's aim, wisdom is the source of virtue and of fame; obtained with labour, for mankind employed, and then, when most you share it, best enjoyed. Alfred North Whitehead virtue ambition wisdom [L]iberty cannot be preserved, if the manners of the people are corrupted . . . Algernon Sidney virtue liberty people When the old poets made some virtue their theme, they were not teaching but adoring. Alister E. McGrath virtue poet teaching True patience is grounded in wisdom and compassion. Allan Lokos grounded virtue compassion Some empirical feelings, such as sympathy, are indispensable parts of certain moral virtues. Allen W. Wood moral virtue feelings For centuries, the question of men needing to comprehend women simply didn't arise. Men were valued according to how they measured up to the manly virtues. Allison Pearson virtue century men Kindness is virtue itself. Alphonse de Lamartine virtue kindness Void of freedom, what would virtue be? Alphonse de Lamartine void virtue freedom True greatness is sovereign wisdom. We are never deceived by our virtues. Alphonse de Lamartine sovereign virtue greatness Many people think that virtue consists of severity towards others. Alphonse Karr virtue people thinking Patience, n. A minor form of dispair, disguised as a virtue. Ambrose Bierce virtue sarcastic patience One who, professing virtues that he does not respect, secures the advantage of seeming to be what he despises. Ambrose Bierce virtue hypocrite doe «1234567891011»