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Few men have virtue to withstand the highest bidder.
Few men have virtue to withstand the highest bidder.
One's outlook is a part of his virtue.
One's outlook is a part of his virtue.
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.
Sell not virtue to purchase wealth.
Sell not virtue to purchase wealth.
Virtue treads paths that end not in the grave.
Virtue treads paths that end not in the grave.
Virtue and sense are one; and, trust me, still
A faithless heart betrays the head unsound.
Virtue and sense are one; and, trust me, still
A faithless heart betrays the head unsound.
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.]
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.
The virtue in most request is conformity.
The virtue in most request is conformity.