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«For policies, industries, strong towns, and fortifications, it is the mirror of virtue and the garden of Mars; yea, and the light of all Europe, that he who hath exactly trod it may say he hath seen the map of the whole universe»
Author: William Lithgow
| About:
Virtue
| Keywords:
Garden of, industries, map, Mars, policies, The map, The Mirror, towns, trod
«Genuine morality is preserved only in the school of adversity; a state of continuous prosperity may easily prove a quick sand to virtue»
Author: Friedrich von Schiller
(Dramatist, Historian, Philosopher, Poet)
| About:
Adversity,
Morality,
Prosperity,
Virtue
| Keywords:
continuous, preserved, School of, The school
«Happiness, whether in despotism or democracy, whether in slavery or liberty, can never be found without virtue»
«Her virtue was that she said what she thought, her vice that what she thought didn't amount to much.»
Author: Peter Ustinov
| About:
Virtue
«Fame is not the glory; virtue is the goal, and fame only a messenger to bring more to the fold.»
«He has all the virtues I dislike and none of the vices I admire.»
«He is his own best friend, and takes delight in privacy whereas the man of no virtue or ability is his own worst enemy and is afraid of solitude»
Author: Aristotle
(Philosopher, Physician, Scientist)
| About:
Ability,
Best friend,
Fear,
Self-love,
Solitude,
Virtue
| Keywords:
best friend, privacy
«Happiness and virtue rest upon each other; the best are not only the happiest, but the happiest are usually the best.»
«He possessed beauty without vanity, strength without insolence; courage without ferocity; and all the virtues of man without his vices»
«He lives in fame that died in virtue's cause.»
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