Seneca the Younger (Seneca) Quotes
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A ruler makes use of the majority and neglects the minority, and so he does not devote himself to virtue but to law.
Han Fei -
Virtue has a veil, vice a mask.
Victor Hugo -
Disobedience, in the eyes of any one who has read history, is man's original virtue. It is through disobedience that progress has been made, through disobedience and through rebellion.
Oscar Wilde -
The love of economy is the root of all virtue.
George Bernard Shaw -
Netflix did it right and focused on all the things that have replaced the dumb, raw numbers of the Nielsen world - they embraced targeted marketing and 'brand' as a virtue higher than ratings.
Kevin Spacey -
I am only strong enough for a life of partial virtue.
Brian Andreas
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There are two restraints which God has laid upon human nature, shame and fear; shame is the weaker, and has place only in those in whom there are some reminders of virtue.
John Tillotson -
Piety and virtue are not only delightful for the present, but they leave peace and contentment behind them.
John Tillotson -
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 -
We have next to consider the formal definition of virtue.
Aristotle
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The life of theoretical philosophy is the best and happiest a man can lead. Few men are capable of it and then only intermittently. For the rest there is a second-best way of life, that of moral virtue and practical wisdom.
Aristotle -
A state of the soul is either an emotion, a capacity, or a disposition; virtue therefore must be one of these three things.
Aristotle -
So we must lay it down that the association which is a state exists not for the purpose of living together but for the sake of noble actions. Those who contribute most to this kind of association are for that very reason entitled to a larger share in the state than those who, though they may be equal or even superior in free birth and in family, are inferior in the virtue that belongs to a citizen. Similarly they are entitled to a larger share than those who are superior in riches but inferior in virtue.
Aristotle -
That education should be regulated by law and should be an affair of state is not to be denied, but what should be the character of this public education, and how young persons should be educated, are questions which remain to be considered. As things are, there is disagreement about the subjects. For mankind are by no means agreed about the things to be taught, whether we look to virtue or the best life. Neither is it clear whether education is more concerned with intellectual or with moral virtue.
Aristotle -
There must be in prudence also some master virtue.
Aristotle -
Is virtue something that can be taught?
Plato
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The highest virtue is not virtuous. Therefore it has virtue. The lowest virtue holds on to virtue. Therefore it has no virtue.
Lao Tzu -
My thing is this; if I'm sick enough to think it, then I'm sick enough to say it.
Marshall Bruce Mathers III Bad Meets Evil' -
I've been getting my reel together. I think they are looking at me more as an actress because I have a lot of potential and a lot of skills.
Serena Williams -
If the formula for water is H
Lily Tomlin -
Virtue with some is nothing but successful temerity.
Seneca the Younger