That which leads us to the performance of duty by offering
pleasure as its reward, is not virtue, but read more

That which leads us to the performance of duty by offering
pleasure as its reward, is not virtue, but a deceptive copy and
imitation of virtue.
[Lat., Nam quae voluptate, quasi mercede aliqua, ad officium
impellitur, ea non est virtus sed fallax imitatio simulatioque
virtutis.]

He has all the virtues I dislike and none of the vices I admire.

He has all the virtues I dislike and none of the vices I admire.

The person who talks most of his own virtue is often the least virtuous.

The person who talks most of his own virtue is often the least virtuous.

Virtue alone is the unerring sign of a noble soul.
[Fr., La vertu d'un coeur noble est la marque read more

Virtue alone is the unerring sign of a noble soul.
[Fr., La vertu d'un coeur noble est la marque certaine.]

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

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

Curse on his virtues! they've undone his country.

Curse on his virtues! they've undone his country.

For what is done or learned by one class of women becomes, by virtue of their common womanhood, the property read more

For what is done or learned by one class of women becomes, by virtue of their common womanhood, the property of all women.

Prosperity discovers vice, adversity discovers virtue.

Prosperity discovers vice, adversity discovers virtue.

The virtue in most request is conformity.

The virtue in most request is conformity.