#virtue

[Men] prefer the foolish belief and the passions of the earth [to the enlightenment of their souls]. They believe the absurd and shrink from the truth." "No, they do not. They are afraid, that is all. And they must remain on earth until they come to the way of leaving it." "And how do they leave? How is the ascent made? Must one learn virtue?" Here she laughs. "You have read too much, and learned too little. Virtue is a road, not a destination. Man cannot be virtuous. Understanding is the goal. When that is achieved, the soul can take wing. ↗

— Iain Pears

#enlightenment #fear #mankind #philosophy #soul

A laugh costs too much when bought at the expense of virtue. ↗

— Quintilian

#costs #expense #laugh #much #too

The mind is exercised by the variety and multiplicity of the subject matter, while the character is moulded by the contemplation of virtue and vice. ↗

— Quintilian

#contemplation #exercised #matter #mind #moulded

Though ambition in itself is a vice, yet it is often the parent of virtues. ↗

— Quintilian

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Believe me, 'tis a godlike thing to lend; to owe is a heroic virtue. ↗

— Francois Rabelais

#godlike #heroic #lend #me #owe

The Cause of Women is generally the Cause of Virtue. ↗

— Samuel Richardson

#generally #virtue #women

Extol Jewish virtue, modern Zionism and the Israeli Defense Forces. ↗

— Geraldo Rivera

#extol #forces #israeli #jewish #modern

Blind submission in women is considered a virtue, while submission to wrong is itself wrong, and resistance to wrong is virtue alike in women as in man. ↗

— Ernestine Rose

#blind #considered #itself #man #resistance

Punctuality is the virtue of the bored. ↗

— Evelyn Waugh

#punctuality #virtue

Beauty 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 Bancroft

#companion #image #infinite #justice #law