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Practice random acts of kindness and senseless acts of beauty.
Practice random acts of kindness and senseless acts of beauty.
He possessed beauty without vanity, strength without insolence; courage without ferocity; and all the virtues of man without his vices
He possessed beauty without vanity, strength without insolence; courage without ferocity; and all the virtues of man without his vices
It is the stain and disgrace of the age to envy virtue, and to be
anxious to crush the read more
It is the stain and disgrace of the age to envy virtue, and to be
anxious to crush the very flower of dignity.
[Lat., Est haec saeculi labes quaedam et macula virtuti invidere,
velle ipsum florem dignitatis infringere.]
Few men have virtue to withstand the highest bidder.
Few men have virtue to withstand the highest bidder.
Virtue has a veil, vice a mask.
Virtue has a veil, vice a mask.
Virtue must be valuable, if men and women of all degrees pretend to have it.
Virtue must be valuable, if men and women of all degrees pretend to have it.
Virtue is insufficient temptation.
Virtue is insufficient temptation.
One's outlook is a part of his virtue.
One's outlook is a part of his virtue.
The greatest minds are capable of the greatest vices as well as of the greatest virtues.
The greatest minds are capable of the greatest vices as well as of the greatest virtues.
