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)

“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)

“In a virtuous action, I properly am; in a virtuous act, I add to the world; I plant into deserts conquered from Chaos and Nothing, and see the darkness receding on the limits of the horizon.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)