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Letter "V" » virtue
«The greatest virtue of man is perhaps curiosity.»
«Those who are firm, enduring, simple and unpretentious are the nearest to virtue»
«The power of a man's virtue should not be measured by his special efforts, but by his ordinary doing»
Author: Blaise Pascal
(Mathematician, Philosopher, Physicist)
| About:
Men,
Power,
Virtue
| Keywords:
efforts, measured, ordinary, special, virtue
«Think no vice so small that you may commit it, and no virtue so small that you may over look it.»
«The superior man thinks always of virtue; the common man thinks of comfort.»
«Tolerance is the virtue of the man without convictions.»
Author: G. K. Chesterton
(Critic, Essayist, Novelist, Poet)
| About:
Tolerance
| Keywords:
convictions, tolerance, virtue
«The rich man is always sold to the institution which makes him rich. Absolutely speaking, the more money, the less virtue.»
Author: Henry David Thoreau
(Essayist, Philosopher, Poet)
| Keywords:
absolutely, institution, less, rich, rich man, sell out, sold, speaking, such institutions, The Less, virtue
«The only reward of virtue is virtue; the only way to have a friend is to be one»
Author: Ralph Waldo Emerson
(Essayist, Lecturer, Poet)
| About:
Friendship,
Virtue
| Keywords:
reward, virtue
«The cardinal virtue of a teacher (is) to protect the pupil from his own influence»
Author: Ralph Waldo Emerson
(Essayist, Lecturer, Poet)
| Keywords:
cardinal, Cardinals, cardinal virtue, Cardinal virtues, influence, influencing, protect, pupil, teacher, The Cardinals, virtue
«There is...an artificial aristocracy founded on wealth and birth, without either virtue or talents.... The artificial aristocracy is a mischievous ingredient in government, and provisions should be made to prevent its ascendancy.»
Author: Thomas Jefferson
(Author, President)
| About:
Aristocracy
| Keywords:
aristocracies, aristocracy, artificial, ascendancy, birth, founded, ingredient, mischievous, prevent, provisions, talents, virtue, wealth
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