Virtue Quotes - Page 39
He that would have his virtue published, is not the servant of virtue, but glory.
Ben Jonson, Barry Cornwall (1838). “The Works of B. J. with a Memoir of His Life and Writings, by Barry Cornwall [i.e. B. W. Procter].”, p.754
William Wordsworth (1994). “The Collected Poems of William Wordsworth”, p.105, Wordsworth Editions
William Shakespeare, George Somers Bellamy (1875). “The New Shaksperian Dictionary of Quotations: (With Marginal Classification and Reference.)”, p.191
BookCaps, William Shakespeare (2012). “The Two Gentlemen of Verona in Plain and Simple English (A Modern Translation)”, p.150, BookCaps Study Guides
William Shakespeare (2013). “Much Ado About Nothing Simplified!: Includes Study Guide, Biography, and Modern Retelling”, p.263, BookCaps Study Guides
It is held that valor is the chiefest virtue, and most dignifies the haver.
William Shakespeare, Oliver William Bourn Peabody, Samuel Weller Singer, Charles Symmons, John Payne Collier (1839). “The Dramatic Works of William Shakspeare: Richard III. Henry VIII. Troilus and Cressida. Timon of Athens. Coriolanus”, p.492
Virtue that transgresses is but patched with sin; and sin that amends is but patched with virtue.
'Twelfth Night' (1601) act 1, sc. 5, l. [52]
But virtue never will be mov'd, Though lewdness court it in a shape of heaven.
William Shakespeare (1833). “The plays and poems of William Shakspeare”, p.837
William Shakespeare (1833). “The plays and poems of William Shakspeare”, p.474
William Shakespeare, James Boswell, Alexander Pope, George Steevens, Samuel Johnson (1821). “The plays and poems of William Shakspeare”, p.426