The pagan, or rational, virtues are such things as justice and temperance, and Christianity has adopted them. The three mystical virtues which Christianity has not adopted, but invented, are faith, hope and charity. Now… the first evident fact, I s...
Good behavior is a virtue for the man -- bad behavior is the virtue of a woman.
Virtue practiced to be seen is not real virtue; vice which fears to be seen is real vice.
With virtue you can't be entirely poor; without virtue you can't really be rich.
And what does reward virtue? You think the communist commissar rewards virtue? You think a Hitler rewards virtue? You think, excuse me, if you'll pardon me, American presidents reward virtue? Do they choose their appointees on the basis of the virtue...
The sin for which you repent is the father of virtue; but a virtue that you talk about, is the mother of sin.
If being alive is not a virtue, then there is little virtue in virtue.
Patience is a virtue.
The modern world is not evil; in some ways the modern world is far too good. It is full of wild and wasted virtues. When a religious scheme is shattered...it is not merely the vices that are let loose. The vices are, indeed, let loose, and they wande...
Patience is the virtue of the donkeys.
Strength was the virtue of paganism; obedience is the virtue of Christianity.
Humility is the foundation of all the other virtues hence, in the soul in which this virtue does not exist there cannot be any other virtue except in mere appearance.
Courage is chief among virtues. For when any virtue is challenged, it is courage alone that can restore virtue.
Virtue consists of action.
Glory is the shadow of virtue.
Virtue is not left to stand alone.
Poverty destroys all virtues.
Virtue of prayer, virtue of patience.
Courage is the most important of all the virtues, because without courage you can't practice any other virtue consistently. You can practice any virtue erratically, but nothing consistently without courage.
John Milton: [chanting in Latin] Diaboli virtus in lumbis est. Diaboli virtus in lumbis est. [continues chant in English] John Milton: The virtue of the devil is in his loins.
A purposeless virtue is a contradiction in terms. Virtue, like harmony, cannot exist alone; a virtue must lead to harmony between one creature and another. To be good for nothing is just that. If a virtue has been thought a virtue long enough, it mus...
