Emphasized Virtue

Famous quotes containing the words emphasized and/or virtue:

“The more the development of late capitalism renders obsolete or at least suspect the real possibilities of self, self- fulfillment and actualization, the more they are emphasized as if they could spring to life through an act of will alone.”
—Richard Dean Rosen (b. 1949)

“It is often laziness and timidity that keep us within our duty—while virtue gets all the credit.”
—François, Duc De La Rochefoucauld (1613–1680)