Virtue Quotes

• The superior man thinks always of virtue; the common man thinks of comfort.

  Confucius

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• If one has a good disposition, what other virtue is needed? If a man has fame, what is the value of other ornamentation?

  Virtue

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  Tags in Disposition, Good, Fame, Value, Man

• The firm, the enduring, the simple, and the modest are near to virtue.

  Confucius

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• Virtue is not left to stand alone. He who practices it will have neighbors.

  Confucius

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  Tags in Stand, Alone, Neighbors

• Once man demanded virtue in woman; now all he expects is that she be discreet.

  Virtue

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• He who exercises government by means of his virtue may be compared to the north polar star, which keeps its place and all the stars turn towards it.

  Confucius

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• When one ceases from conflict, whether because he has won, because he has lost, or because he cares no more for the game, the virtue passes out of him.

  Charles Horton Cooley

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• Vice has more martyrs than virtue; and it often happens that men suffer more to be lost than to be saved.

  Charles Caleb Colton

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Virtue is moral excellence. A virtue is a positive trait or quality deemed to be morally good and thus isvalued as a foundation of principle and good moral being. Personal virtues are characteristics valued as promoting collective and individual greatness. The opposite of virtue is vice.

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