Mental Virtue

Famous quotes containing the words mental and/or virtue:

“The worker can unionize, go out on strike; mothers are divided from each other in homes, tied to their children by compassionate bonds; our wildcat strikes have most often taken the form of physical or mental breakdown.”
—Adrienne Rich (b. 1929)

“It is often laziness and timidity that keep us within our duty—while virtue gets all the credit.”
—François, Duc De La Rochefoucauld (1613–1680)