Amos Bronson Alcott Quotes About Virtue

Quotes about: Virtue

• There is virtue in country houses, in gardens and orchards, in fields, streams and groves, in rustic recreations and plain manners, that neither cities nor universities enjoy.

  Amos Bronson Alcott

  Country, Garden, Cities

  Amos Bronson Alcott (1868). “Tablets”, p.48

• One's outlook is a part of his virtue.

  Amos Bronson Alcott

  Virtue, Outlook

• Modesty, that perennial flower planted instinctively in the human breast, blooms therein only as continence guards and virtue keeps.

  Amos Bronson Alcott

  Flower, Modesty, Virtue

  Amos Bronson Alcott (1877). “Table-talk”

• Truth is inclusive of all the virtues, is older than sects and schools, and, like charity, more ancient than mankind.

  Amos Bronson Alcott

  Truth, School, Charity

  Amos Bronson Alcott (1877). “Table-talk”

• Equanimity is the gem in virtue's chaplet, and St. Sweetness the loveliest in her calendar.

  Amos Bronson Alcott

  Calendars, Virtue, Equanimity

  Amos Bronson Alcott (1868). “Tablets”, p.64

• The wisest and best are repulsive, if they are characterized by repulsive manners. Politeness is an easy virtue, costs little, and has great purchasing power.

  Amos Bronson Alcott

  Cost, Littles, Virtue

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