Virtues Quotes

The greatest virtues are those which are most useful to other persons.

Of all the varieties of virtues, liberalism is the most beloved.

It has been my experience that folks who have no vices have very few virtues.

He has all of the virtues I dislike and none of the vices I admire.

Men are more easily governed through their vices than through their virtues.

Vices are sometimes only virtues carried to excess!

Crimes, like virtues, are their own rewards.

Every one suspects himself of at least one of the cardinal virtues.

Passions are vices or virtues to their highest powers.

Moderation is the silken string running through the pearl chain of all virtues.

There is no substitute for talent. Industry and all its virtues are of no avail.

Idleness is the beginning of all vice, the crown of all virtues.

Even a pacifist should admire the military virtues.

Virtues are acquired through endeavor, which rests wholly upon yourself.

Fortitude is the guard and support of the other virtues.

A few vices are sufficient to darken many virtues.

In this era in which we live, the old-fashioned virtues grow increasingly unpopular.

The virtues and vices are all put in motion by interest.

Our virtues are often, in reality, no better than vices disguised.

The virtues are lost in self-interest as rivers are lost in the sea.

No one gossips about other people's secret virtues.

We are more tied to our faults than to our virtues.

Wrong people are wrong not because of their faults but because of their presumed virtues.

We are far more liable to catch the vices than the virtues of our associates.

The virtues of science are skepticism and independence of thought.