If you wish to be loved, show more of your faults than your virtues. Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton More Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton Quotes 77
What is a weed? A plant whose virtues have never been discovered. Ralph Waldo Emerson American Poet More Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes 59
No one gossips about other people's secret virtues. Bertrand Russell British Philosopher More Bertrand Russell Quotes 3
Hear the words of prudence, give heed unto her counsels, and store them in thine heart; her maxims are universal, and all the virtues lean upon her; she is the guide and the mistress of human life. Akhenaton Egyptian Statesman More Akhenaton Quotes 1
The moral virtues, then, are produced in us neither by nature nor against nature. Nature, indeed, prepares in us the ground for their reception, but their complete formation is the product of habit. Aristotle Greek Philosopher More Aristotle Quotes 1
Men are more easily governed through their vices than through their virtues. Napoleon Bonaparte French General More Napoleon Bonaparte Quotes 1
Courage is not simply one of the virtues, but the form of every virtue at the testing point. C. S. Lewis British Author More C. S. Lewis Quotes 1
Fortitude is the guard and support of the other virtues. John Locke English Philosopher More John Locke Quotes 0
It has been my experience that folks who have no vices have very few virtues. Abraham Lincoln American President More Abraham Lincoln Quotes 0
Success makes men rigid and they tend to exalt stability over all the other virtues; tired of the effort of willing they become fanatics about conservatism. Walter Lippmann American Journalist More Walter Lippmann Quotes 0
There is no substitute for talent. Industry and all its virtues are of no avail. Aldous Huxley English Novelist More Aldous Huxley Quotes 0
If, when you charged a person with his faults, you credited him with his virtues too, you would probably like everybody. Lawrence G. Lovasik Clergyman More Lawrence G. Lovasik Quotes 0
Sometimes we may learn more from a man's errors, than from his virtues. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow American Poet More Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Quotes 0
Courage is the ladder on which all the other virtues mount. Clare Boothe Luce American Dramatist More Clare Boothe Luce Quotes 0
If a woman possesses manly virtues one should run away from her; and if she does not possess them she runs away from herself. Friedrich Nietzsche German Philosopher More Friedrich Nietzsche Quotes 0
In every age poets and social reformers have tried to stimulate the people of their own time to a nobler life by enchanting stories of the virtues of the heroes of old. Alfred Marshall English Economist More Alfred Marshall Quotes 0
Punctuality is one of the cardinal business virtues: always insist on it in your subordinates. Don Marquis American Poet More Don Marquis Quotes 0
Modesty and unselfishness - these are the virtues which men praise - and pass by. Andre Maurois French Writer More Andre Maurois Quotes 0
Constancy is the complement of all other human virtues. Giuseppe Mazzini Italian Activist More Giuseppe Mazzini Quotes 0
We need a type of patriotism that recognizes the virtues of those who are opposed to us. Francis John McConnell American Activist More Francis John McConnell Quotes 0
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. Frank Miller American Artist More Frank Miller Quotes 0
That future depends on the values of self-government, our sense of duty, loyalty, self-confidence and regard for the common good. We are a diverse country, and getting more diverse. And these virtues are what keep this great country together. Jeff Miller American Politician More Jeff Miller Quotes 0
We learn our virtues from our friends who love us; our faults from the enemy who hates us. We cannot easily discover our real character from a friend. He is a mirror, on which the warmth of our breath impedes the clearness of the reflection. Jean Paul German Author More Jean Paul Quotes 0
The characters you refer to as predatory and unsavory are useful. They're the ones who make a novel into a thriller. They're active, and most of the common virtues, the signs of a good person, are not. Thomas Perry German Musician More Thomas Perry Quotes 0
If everyone were clothed with integrity, if every heart were just, frank, kindly, the other virtues would be well-nigh useless. Moliere French Playwright More Moliere Quotes 0