Virtues

Famous quotes containing the word virtues:

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

“To get into just those situations where sham virtues will not suffice, but rather where, as with the ropedancer on his rope, one either falls or stands—or gets down.”
—Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900)

“Let woman share the rights and she will emulate the virtues of man; for she must grow more perfect when emancipated ...”
—Mary Wollstonecraft (1759–1797)