Edward Young Quotes on Virtue
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Souls made of fire, and children of the sun, With whom revenge is virtue.
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Thy purpose firm is equal to the deed: Who does the best his circumstance allows Does well, acts nobly; angels could no more.
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Ah, how unjust to Nature and himself Is thoughtless, thankless, inconsistent man!
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The chamber where the good man meets his fate Is privileg'd beyond the common walk Of virtuous life, quite in the verge of heaven.
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Virtue alone has majesty in death.
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Pygmies are pygmies still, though percht on Alps; And pyramids are pyramids in vales. Each man makes his own stature, builds himself. Virtue alone outbuilds the Pyramids; Her monuments shall last when Egypt's fall.