Jonathan Swift Quotes About Virtue

Quotes about: Virtue

• The preaching of divines helps to preserve well-inclined men in the course of virtue, but seldom or ever reclaims the vicious.

  Jonathan Swift

  Men, Vanity, Helping

  Jonathan Swift (1746). “The Works of Jonathan Swift ...: Containing, I. His Miscellanies in prose. II. His poetical writings. III. The travels of Capt. Lemuel Gulliver. IV. Papers relating to Ireland, and The Drapier's letters. V. The conduct of the allies, and The examiners. VI. The publick spirit of the Whiggs, &c. with Polite conversation. VII. Letters to and from Dr. Swift. VIII. Directions to servants, sermons, poems, &c”, p.316

• Some men, under the notion of weeding out prejudice, eradicate virtue, honesty and religion.

  Jonathan Swift

  Weed, Honesty, Men

  Jonathan Swift, Thomas Roscoe (186?). “The works of Jonathan Swift ...: with copious notes and additions, and a memoir of the author”

• Men of wit, learning and virtue might strike out every offensive or unbecoming passage from plays.

  Jonathan Swift

  Drama, Men, Play

• The motives of the best actions will not bear too strict an inquiry. It is allowed that the cause of most actions, good or bad, may be resolved into the love of ourselves; but the self-love of some men inclines them to please others, and the self-love of others is wholly employed in pleasing themselves. This makes the great distinction between virtue and vice.

  Jonathan Swift

  Men, Self, May

  Jonathan Swift, Thomas Roscoe (1843). “The Works of Jonathan Swift ...: Containing Interesting and Valuable Papers, Not Hitherto Published ... With Memoir of the Author”, p.305

• A prince, the moment he is crown'd,
  Inherits every virtue sound,
  As emblems of the sovereign power,
  Like other baubles in the Tower:
  Is generous, valiant, just, and wise,
  And so continues till he dies.

  Jonathan Swift

  Wise, Sovereign, Sound

• And, is not Virtue in Mankind
  The Nutriment that feeds the Mind?

  Jonathan Swift

  Mind, Virtue, Mankind

  Jonathan Swift (1860). “The Works of Jonathan Swift ...: With Copious Notes and Additions, and a Memoir of the Author”, p.446

• It is as hard to satirize well a man of distinguished vices, as to praise well a man of distinguished virtues.

  Jonathan Swift

  Sarcasm, Men, Vices

  Jonathan Swift (1861). “The Works of Jonathan Swift ...: With Cop'ous Notes and Additions”, p.612

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