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I have long served virtue, And never ta'en wages of her.

I have long served virtue, And never ta'en wages of her.

Long, Wages, Virtue

1623 The Duchess of Malfi, act 1, sc.1.

Knowledge is one thing, virtue is another.

Virtue, One Thing

John Henry Newman (2010). “Discourses on the Scope and Nature of University Education: Addressed to the Catholics of Dublin”, p.195, Cambridge University Press

Is not virtue a negation of becoming?

Jiddu Krishnamurti

Attachment, Becoming, Virtue

The woman had a humble, cringing manner. Of course, she had discovered that, having neither money nor virtue, she had better be humble if she knew what was good for her.

Jean Rhys

Humble, Humility, Virtue

If it be usual to be strongly impressed by things that are scarce, why are we so little impressed by virtue?

Jean de la Bruyere

Usual, Littles, Virtue

"The "Characters" of Jean de la Bruyère". "Of Personal Merit," №20. Book by Jean de La Bruyère. Translated by Henri Van Laun, 1885.

Happiness is transparent. ... That is its virtue.

Jane Aiken Hodge

Happiness, Virtue, Transparent

The good refrain from sin from the pure love of virtue.

Horace

Sin, Virtue, Refrain

Courage is the most common and vulgar of the virtues.

Herman Melville

Courage, Common, Virtue

Herman Melville (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Herman Melville (Illustrated)”, p.1690, Delphi Classics

Cunning pays no regard to virtue, and is but the low mimic of reason.

Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke

Pay, Virtue, Reason

The virtue which we appreciate, we to some extent appropriate.

Henry David Thoreau

Appreciation, Appreciate, Virtue

Henry David Thoreau (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Henry David Thoreau (Illustrated)”, p.211, Delphi Classics

Writing is simply something you must do. It's rather like virtue in that it is its own reward.

Harper Lee

Writing, Rewards, Virtue

When Satan's not in the mood, virtue triumphs. Hasn't even Satan a right not to be in the mood once in a while?

Gunter Grass

Triumph, Satan, Virtue

No place is ugly to those who understand the virtues and sweetness of everything that God has made.

George Sand

Ugly, Virtue, Made

George Sand (1915). “... Fanchon the Cricket: Or Fadette”

Deliberate virtue is never worth much: The virtue of feeling or habit is the thing.

Georg C. Lichtenberg

Feelings, Virtue, Habit

Virtue, though clothed in a beggar's garb, commands respect.

Friedrich Schiller

Virtue, Command, Beggar

Friedrich Schiller (2015). “Love and Intrigue: Top Classic of German”, p.38, 谷月社

Virtue is no empty echo.

Friedrich Schiller

Echoes, Virtue, Empty

"The Word of the Faithful" by Friedrich Schiller, st. 3, 1797.

He who possesses greatness is cruel towards his secondary virtues and considerations.

Friedrich Nietzsche

Greatness, Virtue, Consideration

We set no special value on the possession of a virtue until we percieve that it is entirely lacking in our adversary.

Friedrich Nietzsche

Special, Virtue, Possession

Friedrich Nietzsche (2012). “Human, All-Too-Human: Parts One and Two”, p.156, Courier Corporation

There is hardly any deviancy, no matter how reprehensible in one context, which is not extolled as a virtue in another. There are no natural crimes, only legal ones.

Freda Adler

Matter, Virtue, Crime