Virtues

Famous quotes containing the word virtues:

“She has too many virtues to not be Christian.”
—Pierre Corneille (1606–1684)

“There are good points about all such wars. People forget self. The virtues of magnanimity, courage, patriotism, etc., etc., are called into life. People are more generous, more sympathetic, better, than when engaged in the more selfish pursuits of peace.”
—Rutherford Birchard Hayes (1822–1893)

“Can words such as Orthodox, Jew, or Catholic really express some sort of exclusive personal virtues or merits?”
—Anton Pavlovich Chekhov (1860–1904)