Virtues

Famous quotes containing the word virtues:

“His virtues walked their narrow round,
Nor made a pause, nor left a void;
And sure the Eternal Master found
The single talent well employed.”
—Samuel Johnson (1709–1784)

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Mothers with marriageable daughters ought to look out for men of this stamp, men with brains to act as protecting divinity, with worldly wisdom to diagnose like a surgeon, and with experience to take a mother’s place in warding off evil. These are the three cardinal virtues in matrimony.”
—Honoré De Balzac (1799–1850)

“Our virtues are often, in reality, no better than vices disguised.”
—François, Duc De La Rochefoucauld (1613–1680)