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“Nothing more surely cultivates and embellishes a man than association with refined and virtuous women.”

Men Men And Women Association Virtuous Refined Virtuous Woman

Author:William E. Gladstone

“Virtuous people are simply those who have not been tempted sufficiently, because they live in a vegetative state, or because their purposes are so concentrated in one direction that they have not had the leisure to glance around them.”

People States Purpose Virtue Leisure Virtuous Glances Tempted One Direction

Book:My life

Source: My life

“People seem to think there is something inherently noble and virtuous in the desire to go for a walk.”

People Thinking Seems Desire Walks Walking Noble Virtuous

Book:The Prince of Minor Writers: The Selected Essays of Max Beerbohm

Source: The Prince of Minor Writers: The Selected Essays of Max Beerbohm

“Modesty in dress and language and deportment is a true mark of refinement and a hallmark of a virtuous Latter-day Saint woman.”

Language Mark Dresses Saint Latter Virtuous Modesty Refinement Hallmark Latter Days Latter Day Saints

Book:Come, Listen to a Prophet's Voice

Source: Come, Listen to a Prophet's Voice

“There are people who are virtuous only in a piece-meal way; virtue is a fabric from which they never make themselves a whole garment.”

People Way Whole Virtue Pieces Meals Virtuous Fabric Garments

Author:Joseph Joubert

“By the worldly standards of public life, all scholars in their work are of course oddly virtuous. They do not make wild claims, they do not cheat, they do not try to persuade at any cost, they appeal neither to prejudice nor to authority, they are often frank about their ignorance, their disputes are fairly decorous, they do not confuse what is being argued with race, politics, sex or age, they listen patiently to the young and to the old who both know everything. These are the general virtues of scholarship, and they are peculiarly the virtues of science.”

Knows Trying Age Young Courses Sex Race Virtue Ignorance Cost Authority Standards Claims Prejudice Appeals Scholar Frank Virtuous Cheat Worldly Disputes Scholarship Public Life

Author:Jacob Bronowski

“The end of all knowledge should be in virtuous action.”

Should Ends Action Knowledge Virtuous

Author:Philip Sidney

“Do we wish men to be virtuous? Then let us begin by making them love their country.”

Men Country Wish Patriotism Virtuous

Author:Jean-Baptiste Rousseau

“Observe this, that tho a woman swear, forswear, lie, dissemble, back-bite, be proud, vain, malicious, anything, if she secures the main chance, she's still virtuous; that's a maxim.”

Ifs Stills Lying Women Chance Proud Vain Bites Virtuous Swear Be Proud Maxims Malicious

Book:A Select Collection of the Best Modern English Plays: Vol. V.

Source: A Select Collection of the Best Modern English Plays: Vol. V.

“For so great is the difference between just and unjust, that it is visible even in the lifeless image of it. For what order will be left in the world, if these opposites be confounded together? Such a distinction as this, therefore, between virtuous and vicious actions, has not only been engraven by the Lord in the heart of every man, but has also been frequently confirmed by his providential dispensations.”

Men Heart Has Beens Action Lord Every Man Distinction Virtuous Vicious

Author:John Calvin

“We have been accustomed to thinking that we have to get something from outside us in order to be happy, but in truth it works the other way: we must learn to contact our inner source of happiness and satisfaction and flow it outward to share with others-not because it is virtuous to do so, but because it really feels good.”

Thinking Way Feels Has Beens Happiness Order Share Source Flow Satisfaction Feel Good Contact Virtuous Accustomed Source Of Happiness

Book:Creative Visualization - 40th Anniversary Edition: Use the Power of Your Imagination to Create What You Want in Your Life

Source: Creative Visualization - 40th Anniversary Edition: Use the Power of Your Imagination to Create What You Want in Your Life

“Because of the diverse conditions of humans, it happens that some acts are virtuous to some people, as appropriate and suitable to them, while the same acts are immoral for others, as inappropriate to them.”

People Humans Happens Powerful Liberty Conditions Tyranny Appropriate Virtuous Diverse Immoral Suitable Inappropriate

Author:Thomas Aquinas

“Improved perception of our somatic feelings not only gives us greater knowledge of ourselves but also enables greater somatic skill, facility, and range of movement that can afford our sensory organs greater scope in giving us knowledge of the world. Besides augmenting our own possibilities of pleasure , such improved somatic functioning and awareness can give us greater power in performing virtuous acts for the benefit of others, since all action somehow depends on the efficacy of our bodily instrument.”