“Dost thou think because thou art virtuous there shall be no more cakes and ale?”
William Shakespeare
“Many an attack of depression is nothing but the expression of regret at having to be virtuous”
Wilhelm Stekel
“The way of the superior person is threefold; virtuous, they are free from anxieties; wise they are free from perplexities; and bold they are free from fear.”
Confucius
“The most virtuous are those who content themselves with being virtuous without seeking to appear so.”
Plato
“What innocence, may I ask, is being played here when it is known that this virtuous damsel has already got a dozen illegitimate children?”
Nikita Khrushchev
“Many wish not so much to be virtuous, as to seem to be”
Marcus Tullius Cicero
“Only a sweet and virtuous soul, Like seasoned timber, never gives”
George Herbert
