Hypocrisy is a homage that vice pays to virtue
Even the worst sinners value the good opinions of their fellow men. To gain those good opinions they try to hide their real natures by acting as... Read more →
Proverbs with the word Virtue
Every man has the defects of his own virtues
Every good quality in a person has a correspondingly bad quality or weakness. For example, a man may be so conscientious by nature that the... Read more →
Virtue is its own reward
The reward for behaving virtuously is the satisfaction one feels in doing what one knows to be right. The proverb is often used to warn that we... Read more →
Patience is a virtue
It is also the art of hoping. We must be patient and not despair.