I'm old enough to remember in the 1930s and the 1940s when thrift, frugality, was considered an important virtue.
Nobility, without virtue, is a fine setting without a gem.
Beneficience removes evils, introduces the practice of virtue, and adds to general welfare and civilization.
Humanity is the virtue of a woman, generosity that of a man.
Believe me, 'tis a godlike thing to lend; to owe is a heroic virtue.
Good art however 'immoral' is wholly a thing of virtue. Good art can NOT be immoral. By good art I mean art that bears true witness, I mean the art that is most precise.
Innocence most often is a good fortune and not a virtue.
Patience is a virtue; virtue is a grace.
I think that I've been pigeon-holed by virtue of the fact that I've spent so much time in front of a green screen.
In Hollywood a girl's virtue is much less important than her hairdo.
Happiness lies neither in vice nor in virtue; but in the manner we appreciate the one and the other, and the choice we make pursuant to our individual organization.
If the headache would only precede the intoxication, alcoholism would be a virtue.
When we are planning for posterity, we ought to remember that virtue is not hereditary.
Hypocrisy is the homage vice pays to virtue.
In England the only homage which they pay to Virtue - is hypocrisy.
Virtue is the fount whence honour springs.
It is one of the superstitions of the human mind to have imagined that virginity could be a virtue.
Hypocrisy is the tribute that vice pays to virtue.
What most men call their conscience is imaginary virtue switching left or right according to self-interest.
Impatience is a virtue.
