There is but one virtue — the eternal sacrifice of self.
—George Sand
Showing posts with label virtue. Show all posts
Showing posts with label virtue. Show all posts
Sunday, August 30, 2020
Friday, March 08, 2019
Friday, June 29, 2018
Thursday, October 12, 2017
Post #2424
As many as are the difficulties which Virtue has to encounter in this world, her force is yet superior.
—Anthony Ashley Cooper Earl of Shaftesbury
—Anthony Ashley Cooper Earl of Shaftesbury
Friday, April 14, 2017
Post #2315
Every man has his appointed day; life is brief and irrevocable; but it is the work of virtue to extend our fame by our deeds.
—Virgil
—Virgil
Monday, February 22, 2016
Tuesday, December 22, 2015
Post #1972
The most virtuous of all men, says Plato, is he that contents himself with being virtuous without seeking to appear so.
—Telemachus
—Telemachus
Wednesday, June 10, 2015
Thursday, January 01, 2015
Sunday, November 17, 2013
Post #1407
Wealth is a weak anchor, and glory cannot support a man; this is the law of God, that virtue only is firm, and cannot be shaken by a tempest.
—Pythagoras
Monday, June 10, 2013
Wednesday, July 11, 2012
Monday, April 09, 2012
Post #916
Courage is not simply one of the virtues but the form of every virtue at the testing point.
—C.S. Lewis
—C.S. Lewis
Saturday, March 03, 2012
Post #880
The eyes of other people are the eyes that ruin us. If all but myself were blind, I should want neither fine clothes, fine houses, nor fine furniture.
—Benjamin Franklin
—Benjamin Franklin
Tuesday, September 20, 2011
Post #716
In War: Resolution. In Defeat: Defiance. In Victory: Magnanimity. In Peace: Good Will.
—Sir Winston Churchill
—Sir Winston Churchill
Tuesday, June 14, 2011
Saturday, January 02, 2010
Sunday, December 06, 2009
Post #67
None but the well-bred man knows how to confess a fault or acknowledge himself in error.
—Benjamin Franklin
—Benjamin Franklin
A deadly viper once bit a hole snipe's hide; But 'twas the viper, not the snipe, that died.
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