I always admired virtue - but I could never imitate it.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Virtue is an inner strength. It expands your nature.
Virtue is akin to holiness, an attribute of godliness.
Virtue is harmony.
Virtue is a habit of the mind, consistent with nature and moderation and reason.
Virtue is something you have to get good at, like playing the trombone or tolerating bores at parties. Being a virtuous human being takes practice; and those who are brilliant at being human (what Christians call the saints) are the virtuosi of the moral sphere - the Pavarottis and Maradonas of virtue.
Many people think that virtue consists of severity towards others.
The word virtue is as useful to self-interest as the vices.
You can't have virtue without sin. What I'm after is having my characters' virtues defined by how they operate in a very sinful environment. That's how you test people.
Even virtue is fairer when it appears in a beautiful person.
Virtue is relative to the actions and ages of each of us in all that we do.
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