You May Also Like / View all maxioms
Virtue is a habit of the mind, consistent with nature and moderation and reason.
Virtue is a habit of the mind, consistent with nature and moderation and reason.
Virtue is the only true nobility.
Virtue is the only true nobility.
The first time you see Winston Churchill you see all his faults and the rest of your life you spend read more
The first time you see Winston Churchill you see all his faults and the rest of your life you spend discovering his virtues.
If we had to seek virtue outside of ourselves, that would assuredly be difficult; but as it is within us, read more
If we had to seek virtue outside of ourselves, that would assuredly be difficult; but as it is within us, it suffices to avoid bad thoughts and to keep our souls turned toward the Lord.
It is a revenge the devil sometimes takes upon the virtuous, that he entraps them by the force of the read more
It is a revenge the devil sometimes takes upon the virtuous, that he entraps them by the force of the very passion they have suppressed and think themselves superior to.
Virtue is like a rich stone, best plain set.
Virtue is like a rich stone, best plain set.
Virtue is not solitary; it is bound to have neighbors
Virtue is not solitary; it is bound to have neighbors
Virtue is not knowing but doing
Virtue is not knowing but doing
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.]