A new idea is first condemned as ridiculous and then dismissed as trivial, until finally, it becomes what everybody knows.
James, William
James, William
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Virtue Quotations Click  And certainly there be not two more fortunate properties, than to have a little of the fool, and not too much of the honest.Bacon, Sir Francis Essays: Of Fortune Recommend virtue to your children; it alone, not money, can make them happy. I speak from experience.Beethoven, Ludwig van Honor is like an island, rugged and without shores; once we have left it, we can never return.Boileau-Despreaux, Nicholas Satires (1666) satire 10, l. 167 If we've learned anything in the past quarter century, it is that we cannot federalize virtue.Bush, President George Herbert Walker Rare virtues are like rare plants or animals, things that have not been able to hold their own in the world. A virtue to be serviceable must, like gold, be alloyed with some commoner but more durable metal.Butler, Samuel Man seems to be capable of great virtues but not of small virtues; capable of defying his torturer but not of keeping his temper.Chesterton, Gilbert Keith He has all the virtues I dislike and none of the vices I admireChurchill, Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Vice stings us even in our pleasures, but virtue consoles us, even in our pains.Colton, Charles Caleb Have a heart that never hardens, a temper that never tires, and a touch that never hurts.Dickens, Charles Virtuous people are simply those who have not been tempted sufficiently, because they live in a vegetative state, or because their purposes are so concentrated in one direction that they have not had the leisure to glance around them.Duncan, Isadora No virtue is more universally accepted as a test of good character than trustworthiness.Fosdick, Harry Emerson Seven deadly sins: politics without principle; wealth without work; pleasure without conscience; knowledge without character; business without morality; science without humanity; and worship without sacrificeJones, Dr E. Stanley It is not necessary that whilst I live I live happily; but it is necessary that so long as I live I should live honourably.Kant, Immanuel « Previous Page | Next Page » |
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