- Quotes by Dame Iris Murdoch
“Humility is not a peculiar habit of self-effacement, rather like having an inaudible voice, it is a selfless respect for reality and one of the most difficult and central of all the virtues”. - Quotes by Michel de Montaigne
“One may be humble out of pride.” - Quotes by Thomas Middieton
“Lands mortgag’d may return, and more esteem’d, but honesty once pawned, is ne’er redeemed”. - Quotes by George Meredith
“Want of courage is want of sense”. - Quotes by William Somerset Maugham
“Hypocrisy is the most difficult and nerve-wracking vice that any man can pursue; it needs an unceasing vigilance and a rare detachment of spirit. It cannot, adultery or gluttonybe practised at spare moments, it is a whole-time job”.
- Quotes by Groucho Marx
“There is one way to find out if a man honest – ask hum. If he says “Yes”, you know he is crooked”. - Quotes by Donald Marquis
“Honesty is good thing but it is not profitable to its possessor unlessit is kept under control”. - Quotes by Phillip Arthur Larkin
“Selflessness is like waiting in a hospital In a badly-fitting suit on a cold wet morning. Selfishness is like suit listening to good jazz. With drinks for further orders and a huge fire”. - Quotes by Walter Savage Landor
“Around the child bent all the three, Sweet Graces; Faith, Hope, Charity. Around the man bend other faces: pride, Envy, Malice, are his Graces”.
Tags: Dame Iris Murdoch, Donald Marquis, George Meredith, Groucho Marx, Michel de Montaigne, Phillip Arthur Larkin, Thomas Middieton, Virtues And Vices, Walter Savage Landor, William Somerset Maugham
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