“Once elected, the Pope is by virtue of the promise of Jesus to Peter, the Pope is preserved from the possibility of error. God would change any spend thrift politician into a responsible Pope.” JesusVirtuePossibilityPoliticianPromiseResponsibleErrorsPeterPopeThrift Author:Pope Francis
“That virtue therefore which is but a youngling in the contemplation of evil, and knows not the utmost that vice promises to her followers, and rejects it, is but a blank virtue, not a pure; her whiteness is but an excremental whiteness.” KnowsEvilVirtuePromisePureVicesContemplationRejectsFollowersBlankWhiteness Author:John Milton
“Truth is the band of union and the basis of human happiness. Without this virtue there is no reliance upon language, no confidence in friendship, no security in promises and oaths.” HumansTruthLanguageVirtueSecurityPromiseTruth IsBandBasesUnionsRelianceOathHuman HappinessNo Confidence Author:Jeremy Collier
“Courage, ne'er by sorrow broken! Aid where tears of virtue flow; Faith to keep each promise spoken! Truth alike to friend and foe!” VirtueTearsBrokenSorrowPromiseFlowAidsFoe Book:The Poems of Schiller, Complete: Including All His Early Suppressed Pieces Source: The Poems of Schiller, Complete: Including All His Early Suppressed Pieces
“Somehow the wondrous promise of the earth is that there are things beautiful in it, things wondrous and alluring, and by virtue of your trade you want to understand them.” WantEarthBeautifulVirtuePromiseTradeWondrousAlluring Author:Mitchell Feigenbaum