Quotes about Virtue

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All government, indeed every human benefit and enjoyment, every virtue, and every prudent act, is founded on compromise — Edmund Burke
He who exercises government by means of his virtue may be compared to the north polar star, which keeps its place and al — Confucius
Good government is the outcome of private virtue. — John Jay Chapman
Capital is money, capital is commodities. By virtue of it being value, it has acquired the occult ability to add value t — Karl Marx
Money is the barometer of a society's virtue. — Ayn Rand
Natural ability without education has more often raised a man to glory and virtue than education without natural ability — Marcus Aurelius
A constitutional democracy is in serious trouble if its citizenry does not have a certain degree of education and civic — Phillip E. Johnson
The virtue of justice consists in moderation, as regulated by wisdom. — Aristotle
To think ill of mankind and not wish ill to them, is perhaps the highest wisdom and virtue. — William Hazlitt
Saudi Arabia is a puritanical state that claims a monopoly of wisdom and virtue. — James Buchan
If the highest things are unknowable, then the highest capacity or virtue of man cannot be theoretical wisdom. — Leo Strauss
Wisdom is knowing what to do next virtue is doing it. — David Starr Jordan
This life, which had been the tomb of his virtue and of his honour, is but a walking shadow; a poor player, that struts — William Shakespeare
Virtue is not photogenic. What is it to be a nice guy? To be nothing, that's what. A big fat zero with a smile for every — Kirk Douglas
There is a natural aristocracy among men. The grounds of this are virtue and talents. — Thomas Jefferson
Those who excel in virtue have the best right of all to rebel, but then they are of all men the least inclined to do so. — Aristotle
There is no sanctuary of virtue like home. — Edward Everett
Virtue is not left to stand alone. He who practices it will have neighbors. — Confucius
Freedom without virtue isn't freedom - it will eventually destroy a society. — Rush Limbaugh