Virtuous Quotes - Page 2
Your presence is a moral poison that would contaminate the most virtuous
Emily Bronte, Annabella Bloom (2010). “Wuthering Heights: The Wild and Wanton Edition”, p.183, Adams Media
Sir Philip Sidney (1873). “The Complete Poems of Sir Philip Sidney ...”, p.177
He is wise who can instruct us and assist us in the business of virtuous living.
Thomas Carlyle (1864). “Critical and Miscellaneous Essays ...”, p.237
Samuel Butler (1951). “Samuel Butler's notebooks”
The wise are free from perplexities; the virtuous from anxiety; and the bold from fear.
Confucius (2012). “The Analects of Confucius In Plain and Simple English: BookCaps Study Guide”, BookCaps Study Guides
"Sentences". Collection by Publilius Syrus. Maxim 207,
A Curious Dream (1872) "Mental Photographs"
Virtue, as such, naturally procures considerable advantages to the virtuous.
Joseph Butler, Joseph McKee (1847). “The Analogy of Religion, Natural and Revealed, to the Constitution and Course of Nature”, p.69
I shall say, that I feel myself virtuous, because my soul is at rest.
"A few days in Athens".
A virtuous heretic shall be saved before a wicked Christian.
Benjamin Franklin, Walter Isaacson (2003). “A Benjamin Franklin Reader”, p.106, Simon and Schuster
Many an attack of depression is nothing but the expression of regret at having to be virtuous.
Wilhelm Stekel (2014). “The Depths of the Soul (Psychology Revivals): Psycho-Analytical Studies”, p.149, Routledge