#virtuous

As virtuous men pass mildly away, and whisper to their souls to go, whilst some of their sad friends do say, the breath goes now, and some say no. ↗

— John Donne

#breath #friends #go #goes #men

If venereal delight and the power of propagating the species were permitted only to the virtuous, it would make the world very good. ↗

— James Boswell

#good #make #only #permitted #power

But when women are moved and lend help, when women, who are by nature calm and controlled, give encouragement and applause, when virtuous and knowledgeable women grace the endeavor with their sweet love, then it is invincible. ↗

— Jose Marti

#calm #controlled #encouragement #endeavor #give

The world has never yet seen a truly great and virtuous nation because in the degradation of woman the very fountains of life are poisoned at their source. ↗

— Lucretia Mott

#degradation #fountains #great #life #nation

The person who talks most of his own virtue is often the least virtuous. ↗

— Jawaharlal Nehru

#least #most #often #own #person

What do I owe to my times, to my country, to my neighbors, to my friends? Such are the questions which a virtuous man ought often to ask himself. ↗

— Johann Kaspar Lavater

#country #friends #himself #i #man

The man of virtuous soul commands not, nor obeys. ↗

— Percy Bysshe Shelley

#man #nor #obeys #soul #virtuous

The vicious circle has been shattered. Canadians now enjoy the benefits of the virtuous circle. ↗

— Paul Martin

#benefits #canadians #circle #enjoy #now

I beg my Children to be just and virtuous, never to disgrace my name or theirs, and then they are out of fortune's power. ↗

— Thomas Willis

#children #disgrace #fortune #i #just

One of the great attractions of patriotism - it fulfills our worst wishes. In the person of our nation we are able, vicariously, to bully and cheat. Bully and cheat, what's more, with a feeling that we are profoundly virtuous. ↗

— Aldous Huxley

#able #attractions #bully #cheat #feeling