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Sentence Examples It is not, therefore, as a sensing being that one finds happiness, but rather through the endurableness of a virtuous life. Tom Jones probably prompted Richardson to offer the virtuous hero, Grandison, as a response to Fielding's scapegrace. Just as crimes are severely punished, statues of virtuous men, set in marketplaces, publicly honor good deeds. The North might have chosen the path of virtuous isolationism, letting the South secede and becoming an egalitarian social democracy. These are great, clumping, virtuous blocks of stiff leather with bulbous reinforced toecaps, designed never to wear out. Both serials harked back to a period when men were heroic, women were virtuous and times were better. But, nota bene, his blessings flow only in the direction of those who are already virtuous. There is thus a mixture of the comic and the tragic, the virtuous and the villainous, the young and the old, the male and the female. Biblically inspired games were based on the Protestant worldview that success was reached by living a virtuous life. Astounding again are Hampson's vocal options displayed here, from ordinary chest voice to virtuous trills. We moralize the issue of weight and so the really virtuous person is the one who struggles to maintain a lower weight through sacrifice. Of all the Greek moralists, Aristotle provides the most psychologically insightful account of virtuous character. Why then do we continue to mount these plays, so often and with such virtuous resolve? Too much education was said in many circles to make girls less virtuous, even to unsex them. The classical moral categories of action are ethical vs. unethical, just vs. unjust and virtuous vs. unvirtuous. You cannot live a good life, a virtuous life, by avoiding or ignoring the world of vice, sin and sleaze. The seductive illusion of virtuous circle was transposed to the ugly reality of vicious financial death spiral. Being virtuous means knowing the right time, place, circumstance, and manner in which to be courageous. Athlete behavior is meant to be exemplary and virtuous and sustain the rags to riches myths of successful sports stars from humble origins. He presented himself as an honest and virtuous man, a spokesman for the outsiders in society. Show More Sentences Another feature of ceremonial discourse is that it will praise the virtuous and the good because it is designed for its receiver's pleasure. The first few pages of the letter reflect the virtuous principles that a mother would try to inculcate into her daughter in the 18th century. He is a virtuous, moral man with dignity and strength, not the mild-mannered pushover of decades past. Religions and true religious leaders have always motivated us to indulge only in noble thoughts and virtuous actions. Many have thought that having certain emotions is an important part of what it is to be a virtuous moral agent. The consummation, the crowning glory of a well-lived life, happiness would be granted only to the worthy, the virtuous, the god-like happy few. Understanding the way karma works, we seek to live a good and virtuous life through right thought, right speech and right action. For one thing, the sanctimonious sermons by journalists about how virtuous and upstanding they are make them easy to detest. It's hypocritical in the sense that these people all lie yet proclaim themselves virtuous and honest, yes. I've seen Titanic enough times to know that rich people are fatuous and greedy, while poor people are noble and virtuous. Faithful Emilia died, still calmly defending Desdemona's innocence and proclaiming her love for the virtuous woman. So the virtuous circle of lower prices, higher sales and increased profits continues, seemingly unabated. But we are more likely to establish a virtuous circle if the need for progress on reducing poverty is given a high public and political profile. As is often the case, the whisky industry has shown the way by creating a virtuous circle out of location, tradition, reputation and marketing. If you create an environment where the public have more confidence in the system, you create a virtuous circle. Rather than being a perfectly virtuous moral agent, it seems to me that an uncaring, robot-like obeyer of duty is morally bankrupt. Only within a conjugal union could women be chaste and virtuous, and nurture a positive influence on children and men. Demonstrative or panegyrical oratory is associated with the past and urges an audience to honor and imitate a virtuous subject. By these means, the virtuous mother could mold an unspoiled, respectful, neat, and clean child. It is impossible to find a hygienist who does not debase his theory of the healthful with a theory of the virtuous. Show More Sentences Nobody gets points for being virtuous and cleaving to fidelity when there are no opportunities to do otherwise. He is a Pharisee exposed, the hypocrite who tells his patients how virtuous it is to be stoical. There is no sort of impiety or wickedness which in this way has not come to be accounted virtuous and good. In order to lead a virtuous life, reason must shape our impulses and guide their expression in action. They're impure, contaminating a virtuous America with their sinful behavior. If that ruler is truly virtuous, wise and far-seeing, then that nation is truly a happy land. You may feel virtuous digging into a salad without cheese, olives or nuts and drizzled with fat-free dressing. Most early accounts of incubi involved nuns as victims, although there were also virtuous women and priests. In any particular situation, the virtuous person acts in such a way that he instantiates all of the relevant virtues. Cronyn is an inimitable professional, but her Virginia is disappointingly virtuous and fleshless. As Foreman, Quaid plumbs new depths of cragginess to give his otherwise virtuous character a bit of grit. She became the virtuous focus of masculine desire, the unmoved mover who stirred her subjects to acts of gallantry and heroism. English imperial georgics describe imperial expansion in such a way that virtuous, civilizing labor is rendered infinitely progressive. Oral folktales often expressed the hopes and aspirations of a peasant class where paupers became princes and virtuous girls princesses. Those who are devotees and who worship Vishnu, are those who perform virtuous deeds. Time is thus measured as the extent to which one's virtuous labor gives way to corruption and degeneration. The seminar also promulgates the idea of virtuous circles of economic growth, where migrants send money back home, creating more circles. They both ask people to be virtuous, and they both do good to their followers. She has also trained herself to meet the standards of a graceful, understanding, good-tempered and virtuous wife. The plot revolves around the love story between the school greaser Danny and the virtuous newcomer Sandy. Show More Sentences Reforming our cars, greening our energy, planting some trees, redesigning our cities, these are virtuous but piecemeal efforts. He sent his agents, emissaries to her with fabulous temptations but the virtuous 1ady rebuffed them, one and all. On her release, she promptly drops her virtuous facade, dons the red eye shadow and sets about finding Baek and wreaking her vengeance. The Lacedaemonians are exceedingly virtuous among themselves, and according to their national standard of morality. The figure of the cowboy became the West's protagonist, a self-reliant individualist with a virtuous sense of fair play. The most virtuous of mothers can be putty in the hands of the least virtuous of sons. Low taxation creates a virtuous circle, leading to more money and employment for all. The virtuous circle of rising productivity, falling unemployment and high growth, which has characterised the US economy over the past 10 years, seems to be coming to an end. A virtuous citizenry, which Jefferson considered essential to a republican form of government, was most reliably constituted of yeomen farmers he believed. Maybe the way to do it is to stop using Remembrance Day to memorialize brave and virtuous soldiers and instead begin focusing on civilian casualties. Credit and consumption, it was argued, formed a virtuous circle since from the immediate increase in prosperity would come the ability to pay off debt. Making material free should fuel a virtuous circle of increasing access. This has provided the extra prize-money, which is the crucial factor in creating the virtuous circle that produces better horses, bigger crowds and wider benefits. The UK economy has been propelled along by consumers, creating a virtuous circle in which their spending creates jobs in the economy, which in turn generates more spending. If financial gain and civic betterment are mutually exclusive, the shrinking capital worth of a diminished investment must be gloriously virtuous indeed. Too intimate a portrayal of a virtuous Spanish woman was considered indecorous, and perhaps being portrayed itself was perceived as contributing to vanity. I see another quiet figure, of virtuous life and quiet ways, not much heard of until our left was turned at Petersburg. The paper will try to demonstrate how the night meeting of Ruth and Boaz at the threshing floor could have served as a kind of biblical example of pious, virtuous bundling. By then, however, American simplicity entailed the mass consumption of mass-produced commodities, not the virtuous self-abnegation of the Revolutionary generation. We currently seem to believe that the more flamboyant the send-off, as our nearest and dearest exit stage left, the more virtuous or enlightened a breed we are. Show More Sentences And once the world is made virtuous, will there be no more cakes and ale? None of us is infinitely wise, impossibly strong or indomitably virtuous. She felt that she had made a virtuous decision by donating the money to charity. The Midrashim, however, go to great lengths to describe Serach as someone who was given extreme longevity for having done a single virtuous deed as a child. Once again, tax rate cuts have created a virtuous chain reaction of higher economic growth, more jobs, higher corporate profits, and finally more tax receipts. The law, while it assumes the guardianship of youth by suppressing immorality, still permits these wantons to rove, uncontrolled, among the virtuous as well as the profligate. The women's critique broke down views of virtue and vice that associated smoke with virtuous masculine industriousness and clean air with vicious feminized luxury. Situated somewhere between written and spoken language, interviews combine the vicarious pleasures of eavesdropping with the virtuous pursuit of edification. Shakespeare places a high value upon chastity, but he does not go so far as some of his contemporaries who thought that virtuous women had no physical desires. The price of a virtuous woman, says Proverbs, is more than that of rubies. Should applications of technology be socially virtuous by any standard? These multilateral institutions provide help to states wishing to find their way back into the global economy and into the virtuous circle of investment and prosperity. However, Duncan's desire to simultaneously get her feet dirty and to signify them as moral and virtuous problematizes the cultural codification of bare feet. But a vicious circle is often just a virtuous circle in disguise. Increasing the flexibility in how we use super savings should make it politically easier to expand. Indeed, a parent who made his love conditional upon a child's maintaining some particular standard of virtuous behavior would be rightly regarded as something of a monster. The labour of a day will not build up a virtuous habit on the ruins of an old and vicious character. The Electress Magdalena Sybilla was a woman of character, virtuous, kind, conventional and managing. In this virtuous voyage of life hull not about like the ark, without the use of rudder, mast, or sail, and bound for no port. Artha is objective and virtuous pursuit of wealth for livelihood, obligations and economic prosperity. Judith's character is rendered blameless and virtuous, and her beauty is praised persistently throughout the poem. Show More Sentences In particular, Johnson emphasises God's infinite love and shows that happiness can be attained through virtuous action. If we are able to accomplish this then we potentially could lead happy and virtuous lives. Some authors have suggested that a virtuous culture must exist as a prerequisite for liberty. The second, legitimacy based on charismatic leadership is devotion to a leader or group that is viewed as exceptionally heroic or virtuous. It was thought that this could start a virtuous cycle and a rising business confidence since there would be more workers with money to spend. As with fasting, mentioning to others one's own virtuous deeds tends to reflect a sinful pride, and may also be considered extremely rude. This kind of life is often seen as incompatible with any kind of worldly activity including that which is normally regarded as virtuous. If in reality Trajan was an autocrat, his deferential behavior towards his peers qualified him to be viewed as a virtuous monarch. Some theologians such as Thomas Aquinas discussed Trajan as an example of a virtuous pagan. His countrymen were presented as virtuous people within a French, imperial, and papal triangle. Virtue jurisprudence is the view that the laws should promote the development of virtuous characters by citizens. As an Anglican cleric, Malthus saw this situation as divinely imposed to teach virtuous behaviour. Virtuous action towards others begins with virtuous and sincere thought, which begins with knowledge. A virtuous disposition without knowledge is susceptible to corruption, and virtuous action without sincerity is not true righteousness. While he supported the idea of government ruling by a virtuous king, his ideas contained a number of elements to limit the power of rulers. Those men who set up for mortality without regard to religion, are generally but virtuous in part. Louis could aim to restyle himself the first among citizens, viewing virtuous attachment to the public weal as his most important kingly duty. Superman Returns'' is a comic book movie for people who like virtuous superheroes, soap-opera story lines and blatant messianic allegories. Most newspapers try to cover contentious issues even-handedly, which, while virtuous, tends to offend both sides. A key theme of The Histories is the good statesman as virtuous and composed. Show More Sentences Unfortunately, virtuous parenting is no warranty against corrupt children. I'm pretty sure I wafted around in a haze of it, like Pigpen from Snoopy's more virtuous twin. And thanks to its undeniable eco cred, you'll feel like a virtuous pedal pusher to boot. As I had asked for a night-light, the chamberlain had brought me in, before he left me, the good old constitutional rushlight of those virtuous days. This cartel flagrantly violated the teachings of the church, which tried to justify it by pointing to the virtuous military campaigns it would finance. As an urban lifestyle came to be associated with decadence, the Church formally discouraged gluttony, and hunting and pastoralism were seen as simple, virtuous ways of life. Implicitly for this definition, the second law of thermodynamics provides information that establishes the virtuous character of the temperature so defined. Insofar as one is epistemically virtuous, one's confidence in a claim will tend to track the quality of the evidence that one has for the truth of that claim. Examples from Classical Literature The virtuous man, from his justice and the affection he hath for mankind, is the dispeller of sorrow and pain. All we are told about her is, that her name was Agatha, and that she was learned and virtuous. One should bathe there, O virtuous one, with subdued soul and leading a brahmacharya mode of life. I must say that the virtuous pigeon at first expressed his indignation by Coos expressive of fury. The play-ground bully, the swindler of the corn exchange, who is the more virtuous? For the same reason an invert is not virtuous because he does not seduce girls. Elizabeth, with a skin-deep religion only, was evenly and enduringly virtuous. I trembled for fear in his virtuous scorn he should take his fardel away again. It is not in the power of events to undermine the felicity of the virtuous. It was only by practice and habituation that men could become either virtuous or wise. He come up to Ma's room, and sounded Ma as to whether hennery had retired to his virtuous couch. You are a pious and virtuous woman, and your pity and prayers must keep fit company. But not for ever was Grimod free from the vengeance of the virtuous Lebrun. Reassured as to her husband, she wept for the first five victims of the 9th Thermidor, those illustrious and virtuous citizens. They are all that should inspire the virtuous emotions of a true-born Englishman. No wonder an indignant pang transfixed the lonely bosom of the virtuous doctor, solitary and unconsoled as he was. The intentions of the Duchess were known to be as virtuous and pure as those of her husband's party were criminal and mischievous. The soul that commands the love of the virtuous, must be spotless as the unfallen snow. That this should be so in the case of his virtuous and legal connection he was perfectly certain. The more he was asked the more he remembered, and so on in a virtuous circle. Show More Sentences Religion makes for health and health promotes religion, and the virtuous circle is completed. Bequests for the portioning of poor girls and virtuous servant-maids are, indeed, not at all uncommon. Admit the premise that to be virtuous is to escape whipping, the argument is logical. Thus it seems that there may be saints that are not progressively virtuous. No wonder the Fifth Symphony appeals so much to our virtuous and pushful middle-class audiences. A virtuous woman, too, is like a mirror, of clear shining crystal, liable to be tarnished and dimmed by every breath that touches it. The name of that sacrifice worthy of virtuous persons, is Vaishnava. Pelops, the son of the cruel Tantalus, was a pious and virtuous prince. The virtuous servant, Roger Cly, swore his way through the case at a great rate. But, in the first place, what nobler destiny can you offer to a virtuous woman than to purify, like charcoal, the muddy waters of vice? We need not say with Rousseau that men are naturally virtuous. Let your most faulty characters always be on the wrong side, and your virtuous ones on the right. Every virtuous household in the land felt as if its firstborn were gone. He began reading about the sufferings and virtuous struggles of a certain Emilie de Mansfeld. For better or worse, virtuous aggression is the signifier of heroism in our culture. The virtuous Melissa parted from them with many blessings and tears. She was as severely virtuous as she was intoxicatingly beautiful. And he is so condescending to the son he so egregiously deludes that you might suppose him the most virtuous of parents. The virtuous landgravine kept her word, but could effect nothing. In killing bas Rowlett he would be performing a virtuous act. Show More Sentences It is composed of a brave, a free, a virtuous, and an intelligent people. Colden continued to be as conventional as a virtuous hero of a novel. This virtuous cycle will continue until the excess capacity in the labour market is reabsorbed. This was a noble and virtuous act, one that pleased the manitou. The one part scared the virtuous, at the other the deboshed yawned. But the dereliction of hope is not the worst enemy of virtuous woman. From which virtuous and venomous opinion the undersigned begs to differ. As sati, Shiva's wife is the ideal of a true and virtuous Hindu woman. The cry was taken up by the jealous, the disgruntled, and the virtuous. There are nine hundred and ninety-nine patrons of virtue to one virtuous man. I don't know what keeps me from hunting him up in his virtuous home and bashing his head in. I felt, of course, at the time, that this temporising on my part would probably end in bringing Marian here in a state of virtuous indignation, banging doors. It is a discourse against all those who confound virtue with tameness and smug ease, and who regard as virtuous only that which promotes security and tends to deepen sleep. The virtuous prince confronts the gods, without any misgiving. And the trader leaned back in his chair, and folded his arm, with an air of virtuous decision, apparently considering himself a second Wilberforce. But there was a calm, a rest, a virtuous hush, consequent on these examinations of our affairs that gave me, for the time, an admirable opinion of myself. It was such a sacrifice, as the innocent and virtuous, and I may add the tasteful, who are cooped up amid the unnatural restraints of a town, will best know how to appreciate. Will you then flee from well-ordered cities and virtuous men? Irwine was in the witness-box, telling of Hetty's unblemished character in her own parish and of the virtuous habits in which she had been brought up. Find more words! 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