"Why all this deference to Alfred, and Scanderbeg, and Gustavus? Suppose they were virtuous; did they wear out virtue?"

Virtue, Men, History, Respect

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"Why all this deference to Alfred, and Scanderbeg, and Gustavus? Suppose they were virtuous; did they wear out virtue?"

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"To copy a virtue in another is more copying than it is virtue. Try to learn what that virtue is based upon."

Idries Shah, Indian Author

Virtue, Learning, Imitation, Authenticity

"Virtue is like a rich stone, best plain set."

Francis Bacon, English Philosopher

Virtue,

"There is certainly no greater happiness than to be able to look back on a life usefully and virtuously employed to trace our own progress in existence by such tokens as excite neither shame nor sorrow."

Samuel Johnson, English Author

Virtue, Happiness, Life, Progress

"Virtue by premeditation isn't worth much."

Georg C. Lichtenberg, German Physicist

Virtue, Worth

"Virtues are in the popular estimate rather the exception than the rule."

Ralph Waldo Emerson, American Poet

Virtue, Popular

"He that has energy enough to root out a vice should go further, and try to plant a virtue in its place."

Charles Caleb Colton, English Writer

Virtue, Energy, Vice

"Three quarters of faith is boldness. Three quarters of wisdom is intelligence. Three quarters of love is kindness."

Matshona Dhliwayo, Zimbabwean Philosopher

Virtue, Faith, Wisdom, Love, Boldness

"It is better to be kind than be impolite."

Lailah Gifty Akita, Ghanaian Author

Virtue, Kindness, Politeness, Respect, Humility

"Life can only be live with grace, gratitude and generosity."

Lailah Gifty Akita, Ghanaian Author

Virtue, Grace, Gratitude, Generosity, Life

"Never, in peace or war, commit your virtue or your happiness to the future."

C. S. Lewis, British Author

Virtue, Happiness, Future, Peace

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"The reason why the world lacks unity, and lies broken and in heaps, is, because man is disunited with himself."

Unity

"We acquire the strength we have overcome."

Strength

"Language is fossil poetry. As the limestone of the continent consists of infinite masses of the shells of animalcules, so language is made up of images, or tropes, which now, in their secondary use, have long ceased to remind us of their poetic origin."

Language

"If you would lift me you must be on a higher ground."

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"A beautiful woman is a practical poet, taming her savage mate, planting tenderness, hope and eloquence in all whom she approaches."

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"To copy a virtue in another is more copying than it is virtue. Try to learn what that virtue is based upon."

"Virtue is like a rich stone, best plain set."

"There is certainly no greater happiness than to be able to look back on a life usefully and virtuously employed to trace our own progress in existence by such tokens as excite neither shame nor sorrow."

"Virtue by premeditation isn't worth much."

"Virtues are in the popular estimate rather the exception than the rule."

"He that has energy enough to root out a vice should go further, and try to plant a virtue in its place."

"Three quarters of faith is boldness. Three quarters of wisdom is intelligence. Three quarters of love is kindness."

"It is better to be kind than be impolite."

"Life can only be live with grace, gratitude and generosity."

"Never, in peace or war, commit your virtue or your happiness to the future."

Explore more quotes by Ralph Waldo Emerson

"The reason why the world lacks unity, and lies broken and in heaps, is, because man is disunited with himself."

"We acquire the strength we have overcome."

"Language is fossil poetry. As the limestone of the continent consists of infinite masses of the shells of animalcules, so language is made up of images, or tropes, which now, in their secondary use, have long ceased to remind us of their poetic origin."

"If you would lift me you must be on a higher ground."

"A beautiful woman is a practical poet, taming her savage mate, planting tenderness, hope and eloquence in all whom she approaches."

"You become what you think about all day long."

"Self-trust is the first secret of success."

"Don't be pushed by your problems. Be led by your dreams."

"The best effort of a fine person is felt after we have left their presence."

"Self-command is the main elegance."