VIRTUE in a Sentence
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212 example sentences for VIRTUE, such as:
1. Glory is the shadow of virtue.
2. Birth is nothing where virtue is not.
3. There is no virtue that poverty destroyeth not.
4. The first step to virtue is to abstain from vice.
5. Riches and virtue do not often keep each other company.
2. Birth is nothing where virtue is not.
3. There is no virtue that poverty destroyeth not.
4. The first step to virtue is to abstain from vice.
5. Riches and virtue do not often keep each other company.
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Meanings and Examples of VIRTUE
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virtue
n. goodness, moral excellence; good quality
Classic Sentence: (182 in 13 pages)
1 He was forced to make a choice; he determined, in virtue of that gift of God called liberty, to run the gauntlet six-and-thirty times.
2 A modest woman may be ravished once, but her virtue is strengthened by it.
3 Candide's melancholy increased; and Martin continued to prove to him that there was very little virtue or happiness upon earth, except perhaps in El Dorado, where nobody could gain admittance.
4 That enormous ability by virtue of which one is Moses, Aeschylus, Dante, Michael Angelo, or Napoleon, the multitude awards on the spot, and by acclamation, to whomsoever attains his object, in whatsoever it may consist.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context Highlight In BOOK 1: CHAPTER XII—THE SOLITUDE OF MONSEIGNEUR WELCOME
Context Highlight In BOOK 1: CHAPTER XII—THE SOLITUDE OF MONSEIGNEUR WELCOME
5 Moreover, certain natures being given, we admit the possible development of all beauties of human virtue in a belief that differs from our own.
6 Like an owl, who should suddenly see the sun rise, the convict had been dazzled and blinded, as it were, by virtue.
7 She had committed a fault, but the foundation of her nature, as will be remembered, was modesty and virtue.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context Highlight In BOOK 4: CHAPTER I—ONE MOTHER MEETS ANOTHER MOTHER
Context Highlight In BOOK 4: CHAPTER I—ONE MOTHER MEETS ANOTHER MOTHER
8 And he would have done it with that sort of inward satisfaction which is conferred by virtue.
9 The gossip who did this thing was a gorgon named Madame Victurnien, the guardian and door-keeper of every one's virtue.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context Highlight In BOOK 5: CHAPTER VIII—MADAME VICTURNIEN EXPENDS THIRTY FRANCS ON M...
Context Highlight In BOOK 5: CHAPTER VIII—MADAME VICTURNIEN EXPENDS THIRTY FRANCS ON M...
10 This pious woman had conceived an affection for Fantine, probably feeling a latent virtue there, and she had devoted herself almost exclusively to her care.
11 , his consideration, his good name, his good works, the deference and veneration paid to him, his charity, his wealth, his popularity, his virtue, would be seasoned with a crime.
12 The Bishop had caused the dawn of virtue to rise on his horizon; Cosette caused the dawn of love to rise.
Les Misérables 2 By Victor Hugo
Context Highlight In BOOK 4: CHAPTER III—TWO MISFORTUNES MAKE ONE PIECE OF GOOD FORTUN...
Context Highlight In BOOK 4: CHAPTER III—TWO MISFORTUNES MAKE ONE PIECE OF GOOD FORTUN...
13 Thanks to him, she could walk through life; thanks to her, he could continue in virtue.
Les Misérables 2 By Victor Hugo
Context Highlight In BOOK 4: CHAPTER III—TWO MISFORTUNES MAKE ONE PIECE OF GOOD FORTUN...
Context Highlight In BOOK 4: CHAPTER III—TWO MISFORTUNES MAKE ONE PIECE OF GOOD FORTUN...
14 Two very severe duchesses, Mesdames de Choiseul and de Serent, often visited the community, whither they penetrated, no doubt, in virtue of the privilege Magnates mulieres, and caused great consternation in the boarding-school.
15 However, the useful virtue attached to these verses forms an article of faith in the order of the Hospitallers.
Example Sentence: (30 in 3 pages)
1 There is in liberty as in innocence and virtue a satisfaction one can only feel in their enjoyment and a pleasure which can cease only when lost.
2 Modesty is not only and ornament, but also a guard to virtue.
3 The only reward of virtue is virtue; the only way to have a friend is to be one.
4 If you can be well without health you may be happy without virtue.
5 Birth is nothing where virtue is not.
6 The excellence of a wife consists not in her beauty, but in her virtue.
7 To flee vice is the begnning of virtue, and to have got rid of folly is the beginning of wisdom.
8 Riches and virtue do not often keep each other company.
9 The virtue of a man ought to be measured not by his extraordinary exertions, but by his everyday conduct.
10 She could have established her own innocence and virtue easily enough.
11 Prosperity doth best discover vice, but adversity doth discover virtue.
12 The first step to virtue is to abstain from vice.
13 A friend exaggerates a man's virtue, an enemy his crimes.
14 There is no virtue that poverty destroyeth not.
15 Glory is the shadow of virtue.