Famous quotes containing the words virtue and/or system:
“virtue lies therein,
A secret virtue bringing peace and mirth
By flight of sin.”
—George Herbert (1593–1633)
“While the system of holding people in hostage is as old as the oldest war, a fresher note is introduced when a tyrannic state is at war with its own subjects and may hold any citizen in hostage with no law to restrain it.”
—Vladimir Nabokov (1899–1977)