Virtuous

Famous quotes containing the word virtuous:

“Dost thou think because thou art virtuous there shall be no more cakes and ale?”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

“We can only write well about our sins because it is too difficult to recall a virtuous act or even whether it was the result of good or evil motives.”
—Edward Dahlberg (1900–1977)

“The truth is, as every one knows, that the great artists of the world are never Puritans, and seldom even ordinarily respectable. No virtuous man—that is, virtuous in the Y.M.C.A. sense—has ever painted a picture worth looking at, or written a symphony worth hearing, or a book worth reading, and it is highly improbable that the thing has ever been done by a virtuous woman.”
—H.L. (Henry Lewis)