Vile latens virtus.
Virtue when concealed is a worthless thing. Claudianus—De Quarto Consulaiu Honorii Augusli Panegyris. 222. </poem>
Well may your heart believe the truths I tell:
'Tis virtue makes the bliss, where'er we dwell.
Collins—Eclogue I. L. 5. Selim.
Is virtue a thing remote? I wish to be
virtuous, and lo! virtue is at hand.
Confucius—Analects. Bk. I. Ch. IV.
Virtue is not left to stand alone. He who
practices it will have neighbors.
Confucius—Analects. Bk. IV. Ch. XXV.
Toutes grandes vertus conviennent aux grands
hommes.
All great virtues become great men.
Corneille—Notes de Corneille par La Rochefoucauld.
The only amaranthine flower on earth
Is virtue.
And he by no uncommon lot
Was famed for virtues he had not.
| author = Cowper
| work = To the Rev. William Bull. L. 19.
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| num = 5
| text = Virtue alone is happiness below.
Crabbe—The Borough. Letter XVI.
Virtue was sufficient of herself for happiness.
Diogenes Laertius—Plato. XIII.
| seealso = (See also Plautus)
| topic = Virtue
| page = 836
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| text = <poem>And virtue, though in rags, will keep me warm.
Dryden—Imitation of Horace. Bk. I. Ode
XXIX. L. 87.
The only reward of virtue is virtue.
Emerson—Essays. Friendship.
The virtue in most request is conformity.
Self-reliance is its aversion. It loves not realities and creators, but names and customs.
Emerson—Essays. First Series. Self-Reliance.
Shall ignorance of good and ill
Dare to direct the eternal will?
Seek virtue, and, of that possest,
To Providence resign the rest.
Gay—The Father and Jupiter.
u
Yet why should learning hope success at court?
Why should our patriots' virtues cause support?
Why to true merit should they have regard?
They know that virtue is its own reward.
Gay—Epistle to Methuen. L. 39.
| seealso = (See also Plautus)
| topic = Virtue
| page = 836
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| text = <poem>Thus to relieve the wretched was his pride.
And e'en his failings lean'd to virtue's side.
| author = Goldsmith
| work = The Deserted Village.
| place = L. 163.
| topic = Virtue
| page = 836
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| text = <poem>The virtuous nothing fear but life with shame,
And death's a pleasant road that leads to fame.
Only a sweet and virtuous soul,
Like season'd timber, never gives;
But though the whole world turn to coal,
Then chiefly ljves.
| author = Herbert
| work = The Church. Vertue.
Virtus repulsas nescia sordidse,
Intaminatis fulget honoribus;
Nee sumit aut ponit secures
Arbitrio popularis aura.
Virtue knowing no base repulse, shines witl)
untarnished honour; nor does she assume or
resign her emblems of honour by the will of
some popular breeze.
Horace—Carmina. III. 2. 17.
Virtus, recludens immeritis mori
Ccelum, negata tentat iter via.
Virtue, opening heaven to those who do
not deserve to die, makes her course by paths
untried.
Horace—Carmina. III. 2. 21.
Virtutem incolumem odimus,
Sublatam ex oculis quaerimus. ,
We hate virtue when it is safe; when removed from our sight we diligently seek it.
Horace—Carmina. III. 24. 31.
Mea virtute me involvo.
I wrap myself up in my virtue.
Horace—Carmina. III. 29. 55.
Virtus est vitium fugere, et sapientia prima.
Virtue consists in avoiding vice, and is
the highest wisdom.
Horace;—Epistles. I. 1. 41.
Vilius argentum est auro virtutibus aurum.
Silver is less valuable than gold, gold than
virtue.
Horace—Epistles. I. 1. 52.
Oderunt peccare boni virtutis amore.
The good hate sin because they love virtue.
Horace—Epistles. I. 16. 52.
Virtue, dear friend, needs no defence,
The surest guard is innocence:
None knew, till guilt created fear,
What darts or poison'd arrows were.
Horace—Odes. Bk. I. Ode XII. St. 1.
Wentworth Dillon's trans.
Some of 'em [virtues] like extinct volcanoes,
with a strong memory of fire and brimstone.
Douglas Jerrold—The Catspaw. Act III.
Sc. 1.
His virtues walked their narrow round,
Nor made a pause, nor left a void;
And sure th' Eternal Master found
The single talent well employed.
| author = Samuel Johnson
| work = On the Death of Mr. Robert
Lovett.
