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Letter "V" » virtuous
«Do not have evil-doers for friends, do not have low people for friends: have virtuous people for friends, have for friends the best of men.»
Author: George Santayana
(Humanist, Philosopher, Poet)
| About:
Friends,
Friendship
| Keywords:
doers, low, virtuous
«Age in a virtuous person, of either sex, carries in it an authority which makes it preferable to all the pleasures of youth»
«Everybody should practice simple and virtuous living . They should never seek recourse to manipulative tendencies.»
«Be in general virtuous, and you will be happy.»
Author: Benjamin Franklin
(Inventor, Philosopher, Printer, Scientist, Statesman, Writer)
| About:
Virtue
| Keywords:
in general, virtuous
«Be studious in your profession, and you will be learned. Be industrious and frugal, and you will be rich. Be sober and temperate, and you will be healthy. Be in general virtuous, and you will be happy. At least you will, by such conduct, stand the be»
Author: Benjamin Franklin
(Inventor, Philosopher, Printer, Scientist, Statesman, Writer)
| Keywords:
frugal, General will, industrious, in general, profession, sober, studious, temperate, The Be, virtuous
«As virtuous men pass mildly away, and whisper to their souls to go, whilst some of their sad friends do say, the breath goes now, and some say no.»
«As for the virtuous poor, one can pity them, of course, but one cannot possibly admire them. They have made private terms with the enemy, and sold their birthright for very bad pottage. They must also be extraordinarily stupid.»
Author: Oscar Wilde
(Critic, Dramatist, Novelist, Poet)
| Keywords:
admire, birthright, extraordinarily, pity, possibly, pottage, private, sold, terms, virtuous
«As for the virtuous poor, one can pity them, of course, but one cannot possibly admire them»
«Dost thou think because thou art virtuous there shall be no more cakes and ale?»
Author: William Shakespeare
(Dramatist, Playwright, Poet)
| Keywords:
ale, cakes, no more, thou, virtuous
«From lowest place when virtuous things proceed,The place is dignified by the doer's deed.»
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