“Virtue alone is the unerring sign of a noble soul.”
Nicolas Boileau-Despreaux
“One's outlook is a part of his virtue.”
Amos Bronson Alcott
“They who disbelieve in virtue because man has never been found perfect, might as reasonably deny the sun because it is not always noon.
Augustus William Hare
“Virtue consisteth of three parts,--temperance, fortitude, and justice.”
Epicurus
“Men are more easily governed through their vices than through their virtues.”
Napoleon Bonaparte
“Virtue is like a rich stone, best plain set.”
Francis Bacon
“History fails to record a single precedent in which nations subject to moral decay have not passed into political and economic decline. There has been either a spiritual awakening to overcome the moral lapse or a progressive deterioration leading to ultimate national disaster.”
Douglas MacArthur
