Eighth Virtuous Prince

Famous quotes containing the words eighth, virtuous and/or prince:

    “We do not weary of eating and sleeping every day, for hunger and sleepiness recur. Without that we should weary of them. So, without the hunger for spiritual things, we weary of them. Hunger after righteousness—the eighth beatitude.”
    —Blaise Pascal (1623–1662)

    “Our virtues are all social; if,
    Deprived of solitude, you chafe,
    It’s clear you’re not the virtuous sort.”
    —Philip Larkin (1922–1986)

    “He never told us what he was,
    Or what mischance, or other cause,
    Had banished him from better days
    To play the Prince of Castaways.”
    —Edwin Arlington Robinson (1869–1935)