The virtue of justice consists in moderation, as regulated by wisdom.
AristotleSometimes we may learn more from a man's errors, than from his virtues.
Henry Wadsworth LongfellowCourage is the most important of all the virtues, because without courage you can't practice any other virtue consistently. You can practice any virtue erratically, but nothing consistently without courage.
Maya AngelouBeauty is but the sensible image of the Infinite. Like truth and justice it lives within us; like virtue and the moral law it is a companion of the soul.
George BancroftEvery act of virtue is an ingredient unto reward.
Bishop Jeremy TaylorWhat's true beauty but fair virtue's face, - virtue made visible in outward grace
Edward YoungWhen we are planning for posterity, we ought to remember that virtue is not hereditary.
Thomas PaineA virtue to be serviceable must, like gold, be alloyed with some commoner, but more durable alloy.
Samuel ButlerThe virtue lies
In the struggle, not the prize
Richard Monckton MilnesCapital is money, capital is commodities. By virtue of it being value, it has acquired the occult ability to add value to itself. It brings forth living offspring, or, at the least, lays golden eggs.
Karl MarxSelf-respect is the cornerstone of all virtue.
John HerschelHappiness and virtue rest upon each other; the best are not only the happiest, but the happiest are usually the best.
Edward Bulwer-LyttonThe evils we experience flow from the excess of democracy. The people do not want virtue, but are dupes of pretended patriots.
Elbridge GerryAffliction is a school of virtue; it corrects levity, and interrupts the confidence of sinning.
Francis AtterburyOur virtues and our failings are inseparable, like force and matter. When they separate, man is no more.
Nikola TeslaModesty is the lowest of the virtues, and is a real confession of the deficiency it indicates. He who undervalues himself is justly undervalued by others.
William HazlittCapitalism inevitably and by virtue of the very logic of its civilization creates, educates and subsidizes a vested interest in social unrest.
J A SchumpeterVirtues are acquired through endeavour, Which rests wholly upon yourself. So, to praise others for their virtues Can but encourage one's own efforts.
NagarjunaA thing moderately good is not so good as it ought to be. Moderation in temper is always a virtue; but moderation in principle is always a vice.
Thomas PaineA New York divorce is in itself a diploma of virtue.
Edith WhartonStrength was the virtue of paganism; obedience is the virtue of Christianity.
David HareFew men have virtue to withstand the highest bidder
George WashingtonThe happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts: therefore, guard accordingly, and take care that you entertain no notions unsuitable to virtue and reasonable nature.
Marcus AureliusVirtue could see to do what Virtue would by her own radiant light, though sun and moon where in the flat sea sunk.
John MiltonHypocrisy is the homage which vice renders to virtue
Duc De La RochefoucauldBlushing is the colour of virtue
Matthew HenryThe greatest minds are capable of the greatest vices as well as of the greatest virtues.
Rene DescartesSuspicion is far more to be wrong than right; more often unjust than just. It is no friend to virtue, and always an enemy to happiness.
Hosea BallouModesty and unselfishness - these are the virtues which men praise - and pass by.
Andre MauroisModeration has been called a virtue to limit the ambition of great men, and to console undistinguished people for their want of fortune and their lack of merit.
Benjamin DisraeliThere are two differing approaches and they have different virtues, the method of talent management and recruitment.
John GibbonsVirtues neglected then, adored become,
And graces slighted, blossom on the tomb. (The Borough)
George CrabbeI design for real people. I think of our customers all the time. There is no virtue whatsoever in creating clothing or accessories that are not practical.
Giorgio ArmaniIt has been my experience that folks who have no vices have very few virtues.
Abraham LincolnI find that the best virtue I have has in it some tincture of vice
MontaigneExtremism in the defense of liberty is no vice. And moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue.
Barry GoldwaterThere are nine orders of angels, to wit, angels, archangels, virtues, powers, principalities, dominations, thrones, cherubim, and seraphim
Billy GrahamThe virtue of dress rehearsals is that they are a free show for a select group of artists and friends of the author, and where for one unique evening the audience is almost expurgated of idiots.
Alfred JarryHumanity is the virtue of a woman, generosity that of a man.
Adam SmithWhen virtue is lost, benevolence appears, when benevolence is lost right conduct appears, when right conduct is lost, expedience appears. Expediency is the mere shadow of right and truth; it is the beginning of disorder.
Lao TzuA child is a beam of sunlight from the Infinite and Eternal, with possibilities of virtue and vice- but as yet unstained.
Lyman AbbottRecommend to your children virtue; that alone can make them happy, not gold.
Ludwig Van BeethovenTrue virtue is life under the direction of reason.
Benedict SpinozaAccuracy to a newspaper is what virtue is to a lady; but a newspaper can always print a retraction.
Adlai E StevensonWhat is a weed? A plant whose virtues have not been discovered.
Ralph Waldo EmersonVirtue treads paths that end not in the grave
James Russell LowellI would remind you that extremism in the defence of liberty is no vice! And let me remind you also that moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue!
Barry GoldwaterFaith is the sense of life, that sense by virtue of which man does not destroy himself, but continues to live on. It is the force whereby we live.
Leo TolstoyOne path alone leads to a life of peace: The path of virtue.
JuvenalThere is no virtue in the relationship between man and dog that does not originate in the dog
Robert Brault
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