George Eliot Quotes
To act with doubleness towards a man whose own conduct was double, was so near an approach to virtue that it deserved to be called by no meaner name than diplomacy.
George Eliot
Quotes to Explore
There is that in the soul of man which must respond to the highest in virtue. It may not respond at once. Human nature can easily be over-faced by examples too remote and austere. Moreover, human nature can easily deny God because the whole race has long been in rebellion against Him. Yet there is that in human nature which calls out to the supreme examples of virtue: owns, as it were, the intention of God who made it, and feels the unmistakable homesickness of the soul.
Bill Vaughan
It all seemed a hollow sham now - that strict code, that conscientious virtue that condemned her to the sterile joys of pious women! No, no, she'd had enough of that; she wanted to live!
Emile Zola
I am only strong enough for a life of partial virtue.
Brian Andreas
Rightness in our choice of an end is secured by Moral Virtue.
Aristotle
The virtue of justice consists in moderation, as regulated by wisdom.
Aristotle
For we are inquiring not in order to know what virtue is, but in order to become good, since otherwise our inquiry would have been of no use.
Aristotle
The only amaranthine flower on earth is virtue; the only lasting treasure, truth.
William Cowper
Love is my sin, and thy dear virtue hate, Hate of my sin, grounded on sinful loving.
William Shakespeare
The man or the woman in whom resides greater virtue is the higher; neither the loftiness nor the lowliness of a person lies in the body according to the sex, but in the perfection of conduct and virtues.
Christine de Pizan
It's been nice to have a band and people I'm close to that I can get that understanding from and help me realize what I want to do in my life as a musician.
Blake Judd
Indeed, until one tries it for himself, it is incredible what dignity there is in an old hat, what virtue in a time-worn coat, and how savory the dinner-table can be made without sirloin steaks and cranberry tarts.
Edmund Morris
To act with doubleness towards a man whose own conduct was double, was so near an approach to virtue that it deserved to be called by no meaner name than diplomacy.
George Eliot
