#virtuous

What do I owe to my times, to my country, to my neighbors, to my friends? Such are the questions which a virtuous man ought often to ask himself. ↗

— Johann Kaspar Lavater

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The man of virtuous soul commands not, nor obeys. ↗

— Percy Bysshe Shelley

#man #nor #obeys #soul #virtuous

The vicious circle has been shattered. Canadians now enjoy the benefits of the virtuous circle. ↗

— Paul Martin

#benefits #canadians #circle #enjoy #now

I would inevitably get the girls who were interested in me because I was the guy from E.T. It was kind of tough. I can't deny ever capitalizing upon it but on the whole in my teens I was pretty virtuous. ↗

— Henry Thomas

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Let no man under value the price of a virtuous woman's counsel. ↗

— George Chapman

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There has never been any country at every moment so virtuous and so wise that it has not sometimes needed to be saved from itself. ↗

— Havelock Ellis

#been #country #every #itself #moment

In our view, successful reform is not an event. It is a sustainable process that will build on its own successes - a virtuous cycle of change. ↗

— Abdallah II

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I beg my Children to be just and virtuous, never to disgrace my name or theirs, and then they are out of fortune's power. ↗

— Thomas Willis

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I do not know if she was virtuous, but she was ugly, and with a woman that is half the battle. ↗

— Heinrich Heine

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One of the great attractions of patriotism - it fulfills our worst wishes. In the person of our nation we are able, vicariously, to bully and cheat. Bully and cheat, what's more, with a feeling that we are profoundly virtuous. ↗

— Aldous Huxley

#able #attractions #bully #cheat #feeling