Chastity - you can carry it too far

Chastity - you can carry it too far

Man seems to be capable of great virtues but not of small virtues; capable of defying his torturer but not read more

Man seems to be capable of great virtues but not of small virtues; capable of defying his torturer but not of keeping his temper.

Sell not virtue to purchase wealth, nor liberty to purchase power.

Sell not virtue to purchase wealth, nor liberty to purchase power.

The only amarantine flower on earth
Is virtue.

The only amarantine flower on earth
Is virtue.

Virtue is not solitary; it is bound to have neighbors

Virtue is not solitary; it is bound to have neighbors

Wickedness is always easier than virtue, for it takes a short cut to everything.

Wickedness is always easier than virtue, for it takes a short cut to everything.

The virtues of society are vices of the saint. The terror of reform is the discovery that we must cast read more

The virtues of society are vices of the saint. The terror of reform is the discovery that we must cast away our virtues, or what we have always esteemed such, into the same pit that has consumed our grosser vices.

Virtue cannot separate itself from reality without becoming a principle of evil.

Virtue cannot separate itself from reality without becoming a principle of evil.

Virtue is more to be feared than vice, because its excesses are not subject to the restraints of conscience.

Virtue is more to be feared than vice, because its excesses are not subject to the restraints of conscience.