Philo Quotes

Liberty without virtue would be no blessing to us.

No people can be great who have ceased to be virtuous.

[M]en will be free no longer then while they remain virtuous.

A man is free in proportion to the measure of his virtues, and the extent to which he is free determines what his virtues can accomplish.

There never was a truly great man that was not at the same time truly virtuous.

Successful and fortunate crime is called virtue.

The only freedom I care about is the freedom to do right; the freedom to do wrong I am ready to part with on the cheapest terms to anyone who will take it of me.

Virtue is the truest nobility.

Without freedom there can be no morality.

Virtue is the first title of nobility.

Good character is more to be praised than outstanding talent.

The only word for goodness is goodness, and it is not enough.

A good moral character is the first essential. It is highly important not only to be learned but to be virtuous.

Prudence is a quality incompatible with vice, and can never be effectively enlisted in its cause.

The more virtuous any man is, the less easily does he suspect others to be vicious.

Worthy of honor is he who does no injustice, and more than twofold honor, if he not only does no injustice himself, but hinders others from doing any.

Birth means nothing where there is no virtue.

Is not virtue a negation of becoming?

Virtue is not always amiable.

I have seen men incapable of the sciences, but never any incapable of virtue.

Liberty is equally desirable to the good and to the bad, to the brave and to the dastardly.

Be virtuous and you will be eccentric.

Experience shows us Wealth unchaperoned by Virtue is never an innocuous neighbor.

There has never been a man mean and at the same time virtuous.

Without virtue, happiness cannot be.