Vice & Virtue Quotes (1598 Quotes)

RUIN, v. To destroy. Specifically, to destroy a maid's belief in the virtue of maids.

This all happened pretty quickly. Whittington did not announce - which would be protocol - 'Hey, it's me, I'm coming up.' He didn't do what he was supposed to do. So when a bird flushed and the vice president swung in to shoot it, Harry was where the bird was.

I spent several years in a North Vietnamese prison camp, in the dark, fed with scraps. Do you think I want to do that all over again as vice president of the United States ... The vice president has two duties One is to break a tie in case of a tie vote in the United States Senate .. the other is to inquire daily as to the health of the president. Neither one of those are very challenging as compared with living a good part of time in the state of Arizona.

Who shall find out the plainly shown path of virtue, as a clever man finds out the (right) flower

If he is not distorting the truth, the vice president is scaring the seniors. The vice president is developing a reckless disregard for the truth and that is becoming somewhat alarming.

That vice pays homage to virtue is notorious we call it hypocrisy

Virtue, perhaps, is nothing more than politeness of soul.

Make sure of your target and what is beyond. It applies to the vice president and everyone on down.

Perseverance is a virtue that cannot be understated.

EDITOR, n. A person who combines the judicial functions of Minos, Rhadamanthus and Aeacus, but is placable with an obolus a severely virtuous censor, but so charitable withal that he tolerates the virtues of others and the vices of himself who flings about him the splintering lightning and sturdy thunders of admonition till he resembles a bunch of firecrackers petulantly uttering his mind at the tail of a dog then straightway murmurs a mild, melodious lay, soft as the cooing of a donkey intoning its prayer to the evening star. Master of mysteries and lord of law, high-pinnacled upon the throne of thought, his face suffused with the dim splendors of the Transfiguration, his legs intertwisted and his tongue a-cheek, the editor spills his will along the paper and cuts it off in lengths to suit. And at intervals from behind the veil of the temple is heard the voice of the foreman demanding three inches of wit and six lines of religious meditation, or bidding him turn off the wisdom and whack up some pathos.O, the Lord of Law on the Throne of Thought, A gilded impostor is he. Of shreds and patches his robes are wrought, His crown is brass, Himself an ass, And his power is fiddle-dee-dee. Prankily, crankily prating of naught, Silly old quilly old Monarch of Thought. Public opinion's camp-follower he, Thundering, blundering, plundering free. Affected, Ungracious, Suspected, Mendacious, Respected contemporaree --J.H. Bumbleshook

Her virtues, graced with external gifts,
Do breed love's settled passions in my heart;
And like as rigour of tempestuous gusts
Provokes the mightiest hulk against the tide,
So am I driven by breath of her renown
Either to suffer shipwreck or arrive
Where I may have fruition of her love.

Whoever will cultivate their own mind will find full employment. Every virtue does not only require great care in the planting, but as much daily solicitude in cherishing as exotic fruits and flowers the vices and passions (which I am afraid are the natural product of the soil) demand perpetual weeding. Add to this the search after knowledge... and the longest life is too short.

No one of this nation ever begs, for the houses of all are common to all; and they consider liberality and hospitality amongst the first virtues.

'I pay my taxes,' says somebody, as if that were an act of virtue instead of one of compulsion.

Do not teach treason to your friends and to other seekers. Dress and manners have become polished now but the inner man has deteriorated in virtue and faith

As there comes light from heaven and words from breath, As there is sense in truth and truth in virtue,

The lie, as a virtue, a principle, is eternal the lie, as a recreation, a solace, a refuge in time of need, the fourth Grace, the tenth Muse, man's best and surest friend is immortal

Among those congratulating Christy and the Christian Coalition were several leaders Christy has worked closely with as a Christian publisher, including Paul Crouch, Jr., Vice President of Administration for Trinity Broadcasting Network. All of us here at TBN want to congratulate Jason on his new position as Executive Director of the Christian Coalition of America, ... We are excited about the synergies between the two organizations and anticipate God's blessings as we work together. Jason is the right man at the right time for Christian grassroots activism.

It is always an honor to be invited to appear with the Vice President of the United States.

If we've learned anything in the past quarter century, it is that we cannot federalize virtue.

I prefer an accommodating vice to an obstinate virtue.

Withdraw into yourself and look. And if you do not fine yourself beautiful yet, act as does the creator of a statue that is to be made beautiful he cuts away here, he smoothes there, he makes this line lighter, this other purer, until a lovely face has grown his work. So do you also cut away all that is excessive, straighten all that is crooked, bring light to all that is overcast, labor to make all one glow or beauty and never cease chiseling your statue, until there shall shine out on you from it the godlike splendor of virtue, until you see the perfect goodness surely established in the stainless shrine.

Virtue is like a rich stone, best plain set.

Though a hundred crooked paths may conduct to a temporary success, the one plain and straight path of public and private virtue can alone lead to a pure and lasting fame and the blessings of posterity

Tolerance is a very dull virtue. It is boring. Unlike love, it has always had a bad press. It is negative. It merely means putting up with people, being able to stand things.

Variability is one of the virtues of a woman. It avoids the crude requirement of polygamy. So long as you have one good wife you are sure to have a spiritual harem.

Ambition, in a private man is a vice, is in a prince the virtue.

With respect to the first of these obstacles, it has often been made a matter of grave complaint against Political Economists, that they confine their attention to Wealth, and disregard all consideration of Happiness or Virtue.

Let us remember, there is a people, who share the government and name of Britons among whom the cruelty of Sparta is renewed without its virtue.

The orange that they're wearing is not because they're concerned that the vice president may be there. That's why I'm wearing it.

Wisdom alone is true ambition's aim, wisdom the source of virtue, and of fame, obtained with labour, for mankind employed, and then, when most you share it, best enjoyed.

Peace is the evening star of the soul, as virtue is its sun and the two are never far apart.

Virtue cannot live in solitude neighbors are sure to grow up around it.

Mortals, that would follow me,
Love virtue; she alone is free.

The violet droops its soft and bashful brow, But from its heart sweet incense fills the air So rich within - so pure without - art thou, With modest mien and soul of virtue rare.

Virtue would go far if vanity did not keep it company.

The strangest, most generous, and proudest of all virtues is true courage.

I think there's a possibility that after Vice President Gore makes his comments, I would expect a little bit of a relief rally tomorrow.

Change in a trice The lilies and languors of virtue; For the raptures and roses of vice.

Virtue does not come from wealth, but ... wealth, and every other good thing which men have ... comes from virtue.

And virtue, though in rags, will keep me warm.

There is no man who is not some time indebted to his vices, as no plant that is not fed from manure

Blessedness is not the reward of virtue but virtue itself.

Heaven and hell suppose two distinct species of men, the good and the bad. But the greatest part of mankind float betwixt vice and virtue.

While he is in Boise, Vice President Cheney ought to explain why the Bush administration sold out the Idaho sugar industry,

As the purpose of comedy is to correct the vices of men, I see no reason why anyone should be exempt.

It is especially important in this discussion to recognize the unity of the total process, from that first unimaginable moment of cosmic emergence through all its subsequent forms of expression until the present. This unbreakable bond of relatedness that makes of the whole a universe becomes increasingly apparent to scientific observation, although this bond ultimately escapes scientific formulation or understanding. In virtue of this relatedness, everything is intimately present to everything else in the universe. Nothing is completely itself without everything else. This relatedness is both spatial and temporal. However distant in space or time, the bond of unity is functionally there. The universe is a communion and a community. We ourselves are that communion become conscious of itself.

The highest point a man can obtain is not Knowledge, or Virtue, or Goodness, or Victory, but something even greater, more heroic and more despairing Sacred Awe.

The firm, the enduring, the simple, and the modest are near to virtue.

The foolish and wicked practice of profane cursing and swearing is a vice so mean and low that every person of sense and character detests and despises it.