47 quotes
“Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all others.”
— Marcus Tullius Cicero
“Disobedience in the eyes of anyone who has read history is mans original virtue”
— Oscar Wilde
“Peace is not the absence of war but a virtue a state of mind a disposition for benevolence confidence and justice.”
— Spinoza
“Peace is not an absence of war; it is a virtue, a state of mind, a disposition for benevolence.”
— Baruch Spinoza
“Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues but the parent of all the others.”
— Cicero
“Courage is the political virtue par excellence.”
— Hannah Arendt
“What is beautiful is good, and who is good will soon be beautiful.”
— Sappho
“Patience is the companion of wisdom, and hope is its handmaid.”
— Augustine of Hippo
“Justice is the first virtue of social institutions.”
— John Rawls
“There is no virtue so truly great and godlike as justice.”
— Joseph Addison
“True happiness arises from the good use of all the powers of the soul applied to good objects.”
— François Fénelon
“There is no happiness in a family where virtue has no place.”
— Sophocles
“Knowing what is right does not make a sagacious man; the sage is one who also acts rightly.”
— Seneca
“The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts: therefore, guard accordingly, and take care that you entertain no notions unsuitable to virtue and reasonable nature.”
— Marcus Aurelius
“Waste no more time arguing about what a good man should be just be one”
“Patience is the companion of wisdom.”
“Work spares us from three evils: boredom, vice, and need.”
— Voltaire
“Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues but the parent of all others.”
— Unknown
“Have benevolence towards all living beings, joy at the sight of the virtuous, compassion and sympathy for the afflicted.”
— Mahavira
“Virtue is its own reward, and brings with it the truest and highest pleasure.”
“Peace is not an absence of war. It is a virtue, a state of mind, a disposition for benevolence, confidence, justice.”
“The best revenge is to be unlike him who performed the injury.”
“Peace is not an absence of war, it is a virtue, a state of mind, a disposition for benevolence, confidence, justice.”
“Not life, but good life, is to be chiefly valued.”
— Socrates
“Beauty, unaccompanied by virtue, is as a flower without perfume.”
“The virtue of justice consists in moderation, as regulated by wisdom.”
— Aristotle
“Happiness is not the reward of virtue, but is virtue itself.”
“What wisdom can you find that is greater than kindness?”
— Jean-Jacques Rousseau
“Waste no more time arguing about what a good man should be. Be one.”
“Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues in family but the parent of all the others.”
“The superior man thinks always of virtue; the common man thinks of comfort.”
— Confucius
“Act with kindness, but do not expect gratitude.”
“Peace is not an absence of war it is a virtue a state of mind a disposition for benevolence confidence justice”
“There is no doubt that it is around the family and the home that all the greatest virtues are created.”
— Winston Churchill
“Courage is the first of human qualities because it is the quality which guarantees all others.”
“Peace is the evening star of the soul, as virtue is its sun, and the two are never far apart.”
— Charles Caleb Colton
“Kindness is ever the begetter of kindness.”
“A thankful heart is not only the greatest virtue, but the parent of all the other virtues.”
— Virgil
“The doer of good becomes good. The doer of evil becomes evil. One becomes virtuous by virtuous action, bad by bad action.”
— Yajnavalkya
“A thankful heart is not only the greatest virtue but the parent of all the other virtues.”
“To bear lightly what needs must be is a great virtue.”
“Justice is the first virtue of social institutions, as truth is of systems of thought.”
“If thou dost ill, the joy fades, not the pains; if well, the pain doth fade, the joy remains.”
— Benjamin Franklin
“Without enthusiasm, virtue functions not at all.”
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