#virtues

Your favorite virtue? An appreciation for irony. ↗

— Christopher Hitchens

#virtues #irony

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

— F. Scott Fitzgerald

#every #himself #least #suspects #virtues

I'm very much a Christian in ideals and ethics, especially in terms of belief in fairness, a deep set obligation to others, and the virtues of charity, tolerance and generosity that we associate with traditional Christian teaching. ↗

— E. O. Wilson

#belief #charity #christian #deep #especially

It was with 9/11 that I came to fully appreciate and embrace NPR's irreplaceability as a sanity preserver, its unique virtues as first responder on the burning scene. ↗

— James Wolcott

#burning #came #embrace #first #fully

The virtues of science are skepticism and independence of thought. ↗

— Walter Gilbert

#science #skepticism #thought #virtues

Passions are vices or virtues to their highest powers. ↗

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

#passions #powers #their #vices #virtues

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

— Joseph Hall

#moderation #pearl #running #silken #string

Some virtues are only seen in affliction and others only in prosperity. ↗

— Joseph Addison

#only #others #prosperity #seen #some

No company is preferable to bad. We are more apt to catch the vices of others than virtues, as disease is far more contagious than health. ↗

— Charles Caleb Colton

#bad #catch #company #contagious #disease

Repudiating the virtues of your world, criminals hopelessly agree to organize a forbidden universe. They agree to live in it. The air there is nauseating: they can breathe it. ↗

— Jean Genet

#air #breathe #criminals #forbidden #hopelessly