The name and pretense of virtue is as serviceable to self-interest as are real vices.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld
We do not despise all those who have vices, but we do despise those that have no virtue.
The word virtue is as useful to self-interest as the vices.
Women's virtue is frequently nothing but a regard to their own quiet and a tenderness for their reputation.
I want people to come away from my book with questions. Questions about virtue and goodness. Not answers.
Veronica Roth
Liberty without virtue would be no blessing to us.
Benjamin Rush
We have the universe to roam in in imagination. It is our virtue to be infinitely varied. The worst tyranny is uniformity.
George William Russell
In order to know virtue, we must first acquaint ourselves with vice.
Marquis de Sade
Reputation is rarely proportioned to virtue.
Saint Francis de Sales
The glory that goes with wealth is fleeting and fragile; virtue is a possession glorious and eternal.
Sallust