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...Introduction: This dialogue begins abruptly with a question of Meno, who asks, ?whether virtue can be taught.? Socrates replies that he does not as yet know what virtue is, and has never known anyone who did. ?Then he cannot have met Gorgias when he was at Athens.? Yes, Socrates had met him, but he has a bad mem...

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... THIS D IALOGUE BEGINS abruptly with a question of Meno, who asks, ‘whether virtue can be taught.’ Socrates replies that he does not as yet know what... ...he vir tue of a man, of a woman, of an old man, and of a child; there is a virtue of every age and state of life, all of which may be easily describ... ... described.’ Socrates reminds Meno that this is only an enu meration of the virtues and not a definition of the notion which is common to them all. I... ... of the notion which is common to them all. In a second attempt Meno defines virtue to be ‘the power of command.’ But to this, again, excep tions are... ...of command.’ But to this, again, excep tions are taken. For there must be a virtue of those who obey , as well as of those who command; and the power... ...ustly or not unjustly exercised. Meno is very ready to admit that justice is virtue: ‘W ould you say virtue or a virtue, for there are other virtues, ... ...nswers in the spirit of a Greek gentleman, and in the words of a poet, ‘that virtue is to delight in things honourable, and to have the power of getti... ...V irtue is the power of getting good with justice.’ But justice is a part of virtue, and therefore virtue is the getting of good with a part of virtue... ... shock upon him. When he talks with other persons he has plenty to say about virtue; in the presence of Socrates, his thoughts desert him. Socrates re...

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...e midst of her, of whom I believe that my Ben-Ezra was one and I confess the talismanic virtue of that word protestantism is departed from me, by my... ... But we not only doubt, but disbelieve both. By which very disbelief, all the prophetic virtue of Scripture is lost to us, and we are open to every a... ... power of sin; the one to justify, the other to sanctify; the former proceeding from the virtue of his death, the latter from the power of his resurr... ...ercessory office, which is to put into his censer the incense of his own merits, and in virtue thereof to obtain not only the Coming of Messiah Vol... ...ion of the Holy Ghost from the Father and the Son, and the power given unto the Son, in virtue of Mediator, to baptize with the Holy Ghost, is also a... ...se. Part II. -80- he entereth into the combined office of priest and king. It is in virtue of that sacrifice, because he humbled himself to the ... ...d not only of blood, in token of our holding present life and receiving future life, by virtue of the sacrifice offered before the foundation of the ... ... the earth held, and the prospective purification which it was to receive, were both in virtue of the same great sacrifice. Abraham had not only the... ... covert of mediation. It hath been permitted to abide, and we to abide upon it, only by virtue of that great sacrifice of Christ for its redemption,...

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...ve with your sister?” “I would in a moment if she’d have me. That’s all my virtue—a narrow little family feeling. I’ve a small stupid piety—I don’t kn... ...note of fun as the harmless final right of fifty years of mere New England virtue. Among the things she was af- terwards to recall was the indescribab... ...lost none of her grasp, but quite the con- trary, of that other conceit in virtue of which Milly was the wandering princess: so what could be more in ... ...st without a flaw—each had the beauty, the physical felicity, the personal virtue, 256 The Wings of the Dove love and desire of the other. Yet it was... ..., her compassion- ate imagination strong; and that these things gave her a virtue, a good conscience, a credibility for herself, so to speak, that wer... ...h occasion to the blest miracle of renewed propinquity, which had a double virtue in that favouring air. He breathed on it as if he could scarcely bel... ...unbearable. That would be his one way, purified though he was, to mark his virtue be- yond any mistake. It would be accepting the disagree- able, and ... ... his professional propriety.” “Precisely. But it was also my sense of that virtue in him, and it was something more besides.” And he spoke with sudden...

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...e of beauty pervades both of them; they are alike rich in the description of Greek life. The question is again raised of the relation of knowledge to virtue and good, which also recurs in the Laches; and Socrates appears again as the elder friend of the two boys, Lysis and Menexenus. In the Charmides, as also in the Laches, he is described as middleaged; in the Lysis he is...

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... of Greek life. The question is again raised of the relation of knowledge to virtue and good, which also recurs in the Laches; and Socrates appears ag... ...hey could not say that friend ship was only a quality , or a relation, or a virtue, or “Lysis, or Friendship” Plato 8 a kind of virtue; and they h... ...o reached the point of regarding it, like justice, as a form or attribute of virtue. They had another perplexity: 8) How could one of the noblest feel... ...ainment of Heracles, who was a connexion of the family, setting forth how in virtue of this relationship he was hospitably received by an ancestor of ...

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...ubmit. Better for us, perhaps, it might appear, Were there all harmony , all virtue here; That never air or ocean felt the wind, That never passion di... ...these friends to fight, More studious to divide than to unite; And grace and virtue, sense and reason split, With all the rash dexterity of wit. Wits,... ...e; Those, that imparted, court a nobler aim, Exalt their kind, and take some virtue’s name. In lazy apathy let Stoics boast Their virtue fix’d; ’tis f... ...our best principle: ’ Tis thus the mercury of man is fix’d, Strong grows the virtue with his nature mix’d; The dross cements what else were too refin’... ... to the planter’s care, On savage stocks inserted, learn to bear; The surest virtues thus from passions shoot, Wild nature’s vigor working at the root... ... which th’ ignoble mind’s a slave, Is emulation in the learn’d or brave; Nor virtue, male or female, can we name, But what will grow on pride, or grow... ...n pride, or grow on shame. Thus nature gives us (let it check our pride) The virtue nearest to our vice ally’d: Reason the byas turns to good from ill... ..., light and shade, And oft so mix, the diff’rence is too nice Where ends the virtue or begins the vice. Fools! who from hence into the notion fall, Th... ...or begins the vice. Fools! who from hence into the notion fall, That vice or virtue there is none at all. If white and black blend, soften, and unite ...

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... the window. There, he conceived the utmost horror of himself. Feeling his virtue weak, fearing still to succumb to the spell that was upon him he spr... ...but have watched untempted beside millions of gold. At the moment when his virtue rose proudly and vigorously from the struggle, he knelt down, with a... ...even finish his sentence. At that warm defence, so full of youth and manly virtue, I pressed his hand. “When he woke,” continued Prosper, “he must hav... ..., a lawyer, and a notary,—in short, all social opinions, and all practical virtues. We began by dining well, talking well, and making some noise; then... ... had subscribed for the children and tomb of General Foy exclaimed:— “Like Virtue’s self, a crime has its degrees.” “Rash tongue!” said the former min... ...the nineteenth century! Shall I build a hospital, or institute a prize for virtue? A prize for virtue would be given to scoun- drels; and as for hospi...

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...e happiness of emigrating with him; and when she read the vigorous laws by virtue of which the Republic daily confiscated the property of emigres, she... ...ll suspicions. I will speak of your patriotic gifts, your 15 Balzac civic virtues, and that will save you.” Madame de Dey feared a trap, and she stoo...

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...thal. Perhaps he loves you now, And now no soil nor cautel doth besmirch The virtue of his will: but you must fear, His greatness weigh’d, his will i... ... The chariest maid is prodigal enough, If she unmask her beauty to the moon: Virtue itself ‘scapes not calumnious strokes: The canker galls the infant... ...y, the stamp of one defect, Being nature’s livery, or fortune’s star,— Their virtues else—be they as pure as grace, As infinite as man may undergo— Sh... ...to decline Upon a wretch whose natural gifts were poor To those of mine! But virtue, as it never will be moved, Though lewdness court it in a shape of... ...good beauties be the happy cause Of Hamlet’s wildness: so shall I hope your virtues Will bring him to his wonted way again, To both your honors. OPHE... ...lord, you made me believe so. HAMLET: Y ou should not have believed me; for virtue can not so inoculate our old stock but we shall relish of it: I ... ...st and now, was and is, to hold, as ‘twere, the mirror up to nature; to show virtue her own feature, scorn her own image, and the very age and body of... ... Such an act That blurs the grace and blush of modesty, Calls virtue hypocrite, takes off the rose From the fair forehead of an innocen... ...ellious hell, If thou canst mutine in a matron’s bones, To flaming youth let virtue be as wax, And melt in her own fire: proclaim no shame When the c...

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...l’d like the spring, Graces her subjects, and her thoughts the king Of every virtue gives renown to men! Her face the book of praises, where is read N... ...t Fisherman : Why, wilt thou tourney for the lady? PERICLES: I’ll show the virtue I have borne in arms. First Fisherman : Why, do ‘e take it, and t... ... thereto not compell’d. CERIMON: I hold it ever, Virtue and cunning were endowments greater Than nobleness and riches: car... ...acious world, I’ld give it to undo the deed. O lady, Much less in blood than virtue, yet a princess To equal any single crown o’ the earth I’ the just... ...The very doors and windows savor vilely. Fare thee well. Thou art a piece of virtue, and I doubt not but thy training hath been noble. Hold, here’s mo... ...ld gain by thee, Proclaim that I can sing, weave, sew, and dance, With other virtues, which I’ll keep from boast: And I will undertake all these to te... ...is queen and daughter, seen, Although assail’d with fortune fierce and keen, Virtue preserved from fell destruction’s blast, Led on by heaven, and cro...

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... sleep for the trophy of Miltiades; enter- taining such admiration for the virtue of Hercules, that in the night his dreams were all of that hero’s ac... ...chreus, the Salaminian, was honored at Athens with divine worship; and the virtues of Peleus and T elamon were not unknown to any one. Now Sciron was ... ...naturally mortal; for though altogether to disown a divine nature in human virtue were impious and base, so again to mix heaven with earth is ri- dicu... ... V olume One believe that, according to their divine nature and law, their virtue and their souls are translated out of men into heroes, out of heroes... ...ounce her worthy of the love of a god, who was herself so great a lover of virtue and goodness, and the brav- est man. Both Theseus and Romulus were b... ... the citi- zens, and there were more who obeyed him because of his eminent virtues, than because he was regent to the king and had the royal power in ... ...ivate feuds and animosities, and were reunited in a com- mon admiration of virtue. So that it may truly be said that Thales prepared the way for the d... ...as of a dull and careless dis- position, and to have little or no sense of virtue and honor; besides this, they were to give a good reason for what th... ...applauses, and women, also, singing verses in his honor, and extolling the virtue and happiness of his life. As he went round the city in this manner,...

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...uds left clear above their heads, where stars could be seen in open day by virtue of atmospheric laws as yet unstudied. “But what a difference!” she a... ...red in the world as a man of vast learning, esteemed and cherished for his virtues, always irreproach- able and constantly useful. While fulfilling hi... ...pare him for Faith and Prayer. The ideas acquired by the exercise of these virtues are transmitted to each of the human envelopes within which are hid... ...nor Faith without Prayer; they are the four fronts of a solid square. ‘One virtue missing,’ he said, ‘and the Spiritual Angel is like a broken pearl.’... ...It is,’ says Swedenborg (‘Angelic Wisdom,’ 7, 25, 26, 27), ‘a vapor of the virtue of God, a pure emanation of His splendor, beside which our greatest ... ...terres- trial works of this couple. Their lives were those of saints whose virtues are the glory of the Roman Church. They ame- liorated the condition... ...f statuary in which we see the emotion, sentiment, passion, vice or crime, virtue or repentance which the creat- ing hand has put into it, and you wil... ...fe from necessity; as a great criminal seeks the clois- ter. Remorse, that virtue of weak beings, did not touch him. Remorse is impotence, impotence w... ... of God? Where is the generous soul who does not feel that the calculating virtue which seeks the eternity of pleasure offered by all religions to who...

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...alculate consequences, a habit which has been held to be the foundation of virtue. But somehow it had not precisely that effect in David: he calculate... ...h he didn’t show his feelings as some people did. Either in reward of such virtue, or according to some more hidden law of sequence, Mr. Freely’s busi... ...dge. Nothing short of the very best in the department of female charms and virtues could suffice to kindle the ardour of Mr. Edward Freely, who had be... ...alance of the accounts? Mr. Freely was a man who cared to possess personal virtues, and did not pique himself on his fam- ily, though some men would. ...

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... as difficult to detect whether this squa- lor covered vice or the highest virtue, as to decide whether Adelaide’s mother was an old coquette accustom... ...l and thought, he breathed, so to speak, the sweet and modest fragrance of virtue. In the course of the conversation he seized an oppor- tunity of dis... ...ph Bridau, a young dauber in Gros’ studio. “Oh, the mother has among other virtues a certain gray gown, which I regard as typical,” said Bixiou, the c...

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... recondite, and almost mystic qualities, what we might call the omnipotent virtue of Clothes, such as was never before vouchsafed to any man. For exam... ... stars, or starry move- ments (as in Science); or (as in Poetry) passions, virtues, calamities, God-attributes, Gods?—In a very plain sense the Prover... ... School spouting, if it must spout, inaudibly, is a negative yet no slight virtue, nor one of the commonest in these times. Nevertheless, we will not ... ...an earthly mechanism for the Godlike itself, and wouldst fain grind me out Virtue from the husks of Pleasure,—I tell thee, Nay! To the unregener- ate ... ...ever the bitterest aggravation of his wretchedness that he is conscious of Virtue, that he feels himself the victim not of suffering only, but of inju... ...ering only, but of injustice. What then? Is the heroic inspiration we name Virtue but some Passion; some bubble of the blood, bubbling in the directio... ...es a worth far surpassing that of the two others. Won- drous indeed is the virtue of a true Book. Not like a dead city of stones, yearly crumbling, ye... ...ould heaps; ay, there lie the Shells of Men, out of which all the Life and Virtue has been blown; and now are they swept together, and crammed down ou... ...embracing Love, or of deadly-grappling Hate); and then say what miraculous virtue goes out of man into man. But if so, through all the thick-plied hul...

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...e seasoning of a sauce was delicious; Mademoiselle Gamard’s capacities and virtues as mistress of a household were great. He was sure of flattering th... ...man of the Gospel, the wise virgin, adorned by all those humble and modest virtues which shed celestial fragrance upon life. So, with the enthusiasm o... ...though the vicar was one of those to whom heaven is hereafter to belong in virtue of the decree “Blessed are the poor in spirit,” he could not, like s... ...an must experience certain passions before he can develop within him those virtues which give grandeur to life by widening his sphere and checking the... ...dorned with noble actions silently performed, and with mod- est and hidden virtues, was crushed by a sorrow which we might call undeserved if we could...

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...ame Roguin that he had never been unfaithful to me, even in thought? He is virtue upon earth, that man. If any one ever deserved paradise he does. Wha... ...—everybody called him so—belonged to a family essentially religious, whose virtues were intelli- gent, and whose lives were simple and full of noble a... ...mb but energetic in his work, de- voted and sober, he was endowed with the virtues of a Chris- tian in the early ages of the Church. When he heard of ... ...they call in Paris mind to a class whose principal element of happiness is virtue and good sense? In her moral qualities Cesarine was like her mother,... ...them above themselves, delighted in deifying Cesarine, who happily had the virtues of her class, and took no advantage of their weakness. Madame Birot... ...n- sulted his adversaries, he dreaded courtiers and believed in republican virtues; he thought Manuel a pure man, General Foy a great one, Casimir Per... ...s open to him: either he must make himself feared, or he must practise the virtues of exquisite loving-kindness; he is not permitted to float in the m... ...as to check confidence, had grown sublime through the exercise of Catholic virtues; upon it shone, as it were by anticipation, the celestial glories. ... ...nd brutalized the human being. Faith, Hope, and Charity, the three noblest virtues of humanity, shed their charm among the abbe’s wrinkles; his speech...

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... or some invalid going to Croisic for sea-bathing (thought to have greater virtue among those rocks than at Boulogne or Dieppe) is still an immense ev... .... When avarice has an object it ceases to be a vice; it becomes a means of virtue; its privations are a perpetual offering; it has the grandeur of an ... ...rd to your best friends!” “The chevalier is discreet,” said his father,—”a virtue of the olden time.” “Too discreet,” said the jealous mother, observi... ...d. I do respect his courage; he is brave; brav- ery, they say, is the only virtue into which hypocrisy cannot enter. While we were travelling I saw hi... ...to the slyness of cats, to traps laid for inno- cence and all the youthful virtues—oh, it is infamous! If it were not that one finds absolution in the... ...ould have dared to reveal them? They would dishonor her sex, humiliate its virtues, and pass into vice. Ah! I measure the abyss before me by my fears,... ...o me. Camille calls your resolution obstinacy; I defend you, and I call it virtue. You are only the more beautiful because of it. I know my destiny, a... ...ride of a Breton can rise to the height of the woman who makes her pride a virtue. Therefore, dear Beatrix, be kind, be consoling to me. When victims ... ...love. Assailed by such powerful seduc- tion, she was resisting it, and her virtues sang in her soul a concert of praise and self-approval. The two wom...

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...is mother and to be partly proud; which he is, even till the altitude of his virtue. Second Citizen: What he cannot help in his nature, you account a... ...r, no, Than is the coal of fire upon the ice, Or hailstone in the sun. Your virtue is To make him worthy whose offence subdues him And curse that jus... ... utter’d feebly. It is held Act II, scene ii 41 That valor is the chiefest virtue, and Most dignifies the haver: if it be, The man I speak of canno... ... Think upon me! hang ‘em! I would they would forget me, like the virtues Which our divines lose by ‘em. MENENIUS: ... ...d, and scatter’d, By mingling them with us, the honor’d number, Who lack not virtue, no, nor power, but that Which they have given to beggars. MENENIU... ... and so banish’d: but he has a merit, To choke it in the utterance. So our virtues Lie in the interpretation of the time: And power, unto itself mos... ...h touch’d your ears it is Menenius. First Senator : Be it so; go back: the virtue of your name Is not here passable. MENENIUS: ...

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...His was not one of those light natures that rise above adversity merely by virtue of their own buoyancy; it was in the fortitude of a high spirit that... ...nse about Don Quixote, the most nonsensical state- ment is that “‘t is his virtue makes him mad!” The exact opposite is the truth; it is his madness m... ...ry existence we are left in doubt, he invests Don Quixote’s worship of her virtues and charms with an additional extravagance, and gives still more po... ...ugh the air upon a cloud some damsel or dwarf with a vial of water of such virtue that by tasting one drop of it they were cured of their hurts and wo... ...ill stay behind for all; and don’t 106 Don Quixote – Part I suppose it is virtue or want of curiosity in me; it is that the splinter that ran into my... ...y hath as fair a mind, And that her coldness is but my desert, And that by virtue of the pain be sends Love rules his kingdom with a gentle sway. Thus... ...e, tormented Chrysostom; and thus the truth of what report declares of the virtue of Marcela remains unshaken, and with her envy itself should not and... ...t burn, the other does not cut, those who do not come too near. Honour and virtue are the ornaments of the mind, without which the body, though it be ... ...it be so, has no right to pass for beautiful; but if modesty is one of the virtues that specially lend a grace and charm to mind and body, why should ...

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...en kindled— kindled mainly by his wife’s remarkable stories of his want of virtue. “I suppose they ought to have kept me away,” my companion dropped, ... ...he night we met in Upper Baker Street—the relative importance (relative to virtue) of other gifts. She asked me if I called virtue a gift—a thing hand... ...t of these worthies shouldn’t have been a striking example of the domestic virtues. The Fund would start badly, as it were, and the laurel would, in s... ...e as yet only as far as their courage, conscious as they were in their own virtue of an exposed place in which Saltram could have planted a blow. It w...