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Quotes About Virtue

Perhaps, she said, to be able to learn things quickly isn't everything. To be kind is worth a great deal to other people.
~ Frances Hodgson Burnett
When a man is very good and knows a great deal, he is elected president.
~ Frances Hodgson Burnett
When wicked or ignorant men govern, it is not surprising that virtue and goodness are not esteemed. For the former hate them, and the latter do not know them.
~ Francesco Guicciardini
Rarely do great beauty and great virtue dwell together.
~ Francesco Petrarca
He knew that beauty faded quickly when embodied by selfishness...
~ Francine Rivers
If you don't love her, leave her alone. If you do, let her be the woman she is. You'll find a good description in that Bible of yours. Proverbs 31, if I remember rightly. A woman of virtue…" Just like a man to focus on the woman. Take a good, hard look at the husband that woman had" She shook her head. If I ever met a man who treated me with that kind of respect, I might even marry again.
~ Francine Rivers
We are supposed to be on the side of goodness in the sense that we need it, not that we are it.
~ Francis Spufford
It's not what a man has but what a man is that's important.
~ Frank Abagnale
There are illusions of popular history which a successful religion must promote: Evil men never prosper; only the brave deserve the fair; honesty is the best policy; actions speak louder than words; virtue always triumphs; a good deed is its own reward; any bad human can be reformed; religious talismans protect one from demon possession; only females understand the ancient mysteries; the rich are doomed to unhappiness.
~ Frank Herbert
Respect for the truth comes close to being the basis for all morality. Something cannot emerge from nothing.
~ Frank Herbert
These are illusions of popular history which successful religion must promote: Evil men never prosper; only the brave deserve the fair; honesty is the best policy; actions speak louder than words; virtue always triumpths; a good deed is its own rewards; any bad human can be reformed; religious talismans protect one from demon possession; only females understand the ancient mysteries; the rich are doomed to unhappiness
~ Frank Herbert
In doing good, avoid notoriety; in doing evil, avoid self-awareness.
~ Frank Herbert
These are illusions of popular history which a successful religion must promote: Evil men never prosper; only the brave deserve the fair; honesty is the best policy; actions speak louder than words; virtue always triumphs; a good deed is its own reward; any bad human can be reformed; religious talismans protect one from demon possession; only females understand the ancient mysteries; the rich are doomed to unhappiness . . .
~ Frank Herbert
These are illusions of popular history which a successful religion must promote: Evil men never prosper; only the brave deserve the fair; honesty is the best policy; actions speak louder than words; virtue always triumphs; a good deed is its own reward; any bad human can be reformed; religious talismans protect one from demon possession; only females understand the ancient mysteries; the rich are doomed to unhappiness … —From the Instruction Manual: Missionaria Protectiva
~ Frank Herbert
Alzó cuatro nudosos dedos—: la erudición de los sabios, la justicia de los poderosos, las plegarias de los justos y el coraje de los valerosos. Pero eso no vale nada... —Cerró los dedos en un puño— sin un gobernante que conozca el arte de gobernar.
~ Frank Herbert
the learning of the wise, the justice of the great, the prayers of the righteous and the valor of the brave.
~ Frank Herbert
Thou shalt not disfigure the soul.
~ Frank Herbert
Åžunu haf?zana kaz? evlat: Dünya dört ÅŸeyin üzerinde durur... İri eklemli dört parma??n? kald?rm??t?. Bilgelerin ilmi, yücelerin adaleti, hakl?lar?n duas? ve yiÄŸitlerin cesareti. Ama hükmetme sanat?n? bilen bir hükümdar olmadan... Parmaklar?n? indirip yumruÄŸunu s?km??t?. Bunlar hiçbir iÅŸe yaramaz.
~ Frank Herbert
These are illusions of popular history which a successful religion must promote: Evil men never prosper; only the brave deserve the fair; honesty is the best policy; actions speak louder than words; virtue always triumphs; a good deed is its own reward; any bad human can be reformed; religious talismans protect one from demon possession; only females understand the ancient mysteries; the rich are doomed to unhappiness . . . —FROM THE INSTRUCTION MANUAL:
~ Frank Herbert
Perverts don't perpetuate!
~ Frank Herbert
We must remember that possession of physical beauty can easily weaken the moral faculty.
~ Frank Tallis
SkromnosÃ…Â¥ sa tradi?ne považovala za cnosÃ…Â¥ a z dobrých dôvodov. Musíme si svoju skromnosÃ…Â¥ chrániÃ…Â¥, pretože ona nás zasa chráni pred nami samými.
~ Frank Tallis
Modesty is not one of my virtues. At the time, virtue was not one of my virtues.
~ Frank W Abagnale
nothing more than his favorite image of himself. The mirror in my room in the Windsor Hotel in Paris reflected my favorite image of me—a darkly handsome young airline pilot, smooth-skinned, bull-shouldered and immaculately groomed. Modesty is not one of my virtues. At the time, virtue was not one of my virtues.
~ Frank W. Abagnale