The being cannot be termed rational or virtuous, who obeys any authority, but that of reason.
A virtuous and a Christianlike conclusion-- To pray for them that have done scathe to us.
How many young girls there are who do not see any wrongdoing in following certain shameless styles like so many sheep. They certainly would blush if they could guess the impression they make and the feelings they evoke in those who see them. Do they not see the harm resulting from excess in certain gymnastic exercises and sports not suitable for virtuous girls? What sins are committed or provoked by conversations which are too free, by immodest shows, by dangerous reading. How lax have consciences become, how pagan morals!
Be in general virtuous, and you will be happy. At least, you will by such conduct, stand the best chance for such consequences.
After hunger, a human's most important need is to know what is virtuous.
The pit of a theatre is the one place where the tears of virtuous and wicked men alike are mingled.
I thank god that I can say on my death bed that I am a virtuous woman.
Socialism: nothing more than the theory that the slave is always more virtuous than his master.
A virtuous and industrious people may be cheaply governed.
Dost thou think, because thou art virtuous, there shall be no more cakes and ale?
The end of all knowledge should be in virtuous action.
Nothing makes a man so virtuous as belief of the truth. A lying doctrine will soon beget a lying practice. A man cannot have an erroneous belief without by-and-by having an erroneous life. I believe the one thing naturally begets the other.
Do not have as friends harmful people, the wise person does not associate with the worst of people. Have as friends virtuous people, the wise person associates with the best of people.
A virtuous wife commands her husband by obeying him.
The truth is. . . that the great artists of the world are never puritans, and seldom ever ordinarily respectable. No virtuous man - that is, virtuous in the YMCA sense - has ever painted a picture worth looking at, or written a symphony worth hearing, or a book worth reading, and it is highly improbable that the thing has ever been done by a virtuous woman.
Virtuous men alone possess friends.
Virtuous and fair, royal and gracious.
Flirting is the sin of the virtuous and the virtue of the sinful.
Could I be assured that America would remain virtuous, I would venture to defy the utmost Efforts of Enemies to subjugate her.
One beautiful diamond is worth more than a mountain of stones, and one virtuous act of acquiescence and submission is better than an abundance of good works done for others.
