Virtuous

Famous quotes containing the word virtuous:

“There are few virtuous women who are not bored with their trade.”
—François, Duc De La Rochefoucauld (1613–1680)

“Ah, that deceit should steal such gentle shape,
And with a virtuous visor hide deep vice!”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

“In a virtuous government, and more especially in times like these, public offices are, what the should be, burthens to those appointed to them which it would be wrong to decline, though foreseen to bring with them intense labor and great private loss.”
—Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826)