It had occurred to him that he must not any longer defer his intention of matrimony, and he had reflected that in taking a wife, a man of good position should expect and carefully choose a blooming young lady—the younger the better, because more educable and submissive—of a rank equal to his own, of religious principles, virtuous disposition, and good understanding.
Lydgate felt sure that if ever he married, his wife would have that feminine radiance, that distinctive womanhood which must be classed with flowers and music, that sort of beauty which by its very nature was virtuous, being moulded only for pure and delicate joys.
She had but lately come to Paris, and bore a virtuous reputation, her husband acting with her as the unfortunate lover.
She had just settled this point when the end of the path brought them directly upon the general; and in spite of all her virtuous indignation, she found herself again obliged to walk with him, listen to him, and even to smile when he smiled.
And the more he treated her as though she were really very nice, the more Lotty expanded and became really very nice, and the more he, affected in his turn, became really very nice himself; so that they went round and round, not in a vicious but in a highly virtuous circle.
It makes you feel very virtuous when you forgive people, doesn't it?
" She was so overcome by the splendor of his achievement that she took him into the closet and selected a choice apple and delivered it to him, along with an improving lecture upon the added value and flavor a treat took to itself when it came without sin through virtuous effort.
The gist of it is found in the three sets of chapters of its second section, which give an overview of the 10 major tenets: exaltation of the virtuous, identification with the superior, universal love, condemnation of offensive war, economy of expenditures, simplicity in funerals, will of heaven, on ghosts, denunciation of music as a wasteful activity, and antifatalism.
only a sweet and virtuous soul, , like season'd timber,never gives; ,; but though the whole world turn to coal, , then chiefly lives.
People want to believe that things balance out, that those who cause hurt and pain are punished while those who live virtuous lives are rewarded.
041 You may be more happy than pinces,if you will be more virtuous.
Only a sweet and virtuous soul, like seasoned timber, never gives; But though the whole world turn to coal, then chiefly lives.
No longer virtuous no longer free, is a maxim as true with regard to a private person as a common-wealth.
Only a sweet and virtuous soul, , Like season'd timber,never gives; ,; But though the whole world turn to coal, , Then chiefly lives.
I concluded, at length, that the mere speculative conviction that it was our interest to be completely virtuous, was not sufficient to prevent our slipping; and that the contrary habits must be broken, and good ones acquired and established, before we can have any dependence on a steady, uniform rectitude of conduct.
You know eating fruit and vegetables is virtuous.
You may be more happy than pinces,if you will be more virtuous.
Sweet spring,full of sweet days and roses, A box where sweets compacted lie, My music shows ye have your closes, And all must die, Only a sweet and virtuous soul, Like season'd timber,never gives; But though the whole world turn to coal, Then chiefly lives.
You know eating fruit and vegetables is virtuous.
It has to expand in order to attain what Chris Baker, a partner of the consultancy Oliver Wyman, calls "a virtuous cycle of volume, turnover and freshness".