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Voltaire Quotes about Virtue

A lady of honor may be raped once, but it strengthens her virtue.

Francois Voltaire (1977). “The Portable Voltaire”, p.167, Penguin

Fear could never make virtue.

Voltaire (1824). “A Philosophical Dictionary: From the French”, p.122

I have seen men incapable of the sciences, but never any incapable of virtue.

Voltaire (2015). “Delphi Collected Works of Voltaire (Illustrated)”, p.4224, Delphi Classics

Virtue between men is a commerce of good actions: he who has no part in this commerce must not be reckoned.

Voltaire (2015). “Delphi Collected Works of Voltaire (Illustrated)”, p.4644, Delphi Classics

History in general is a collection of crimes, follies, and misfortunes among which we have now and then met with a few virtues, and some happy times.

Voltaire, John Morley, William F. Fleming, Oliver Herbrand Gordon Leigh (1904). “The Works of Voltaire: Ancient and modern history”