The phrase "a source of virtue" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe something that contributes positively to moral character or ethical behavior.
Example: "Education is often considered a source of virtue, shaping individuals into responsible and ethical members of society."
Alternatives: "a wellspring of goodness" or "a foundation of moral character".
Spielberg's very career pivots on the notion of popular art as a source of virtue.
This school was marked by dynamic verve, illogical perspectives, concealed grotesques, violent colours, and a strong tendency to see excess as a source of virtue.
And I think a man's ability to act in opposition to his tendencies in this direction can be a source of virtue, a statement of his character and forbearance".
Mikhail Lozinskij's Russian translation says "Since honor is a source of light of virtue, / Then your son-in-law is light, and by no means black". Christopher Martin Wieland and Ángel Luis Pujante used white in German and Spanish (respectively) to translate "fair," while Victor Hugo chose "shining". It's eye opening to see how translation opens up the text in new ways.
She is anxious to emphasise that she does "not write in a spirit of sourness or personal disappointment, nor do I have any romantic attachment to suffering as a source of insight or virtue.
Kudirka also urged the country to become a source of enlightenment and virtue.
A judge should first "identify the interests behind two competing rights eg the value of religious liberty as a source of private and public virtue as well as being an aspect of free conscience as against the value of having public order and a stable environment.
Johnny provides for Lisa, he provides for his friends, he's both a source of support and a rock of virtue, yet he is surrounded by Judases — and Johnny's ludicrous death scene, in which (in a twist unnoticed in "The Disaster Artist") he is splayed out on the floor as if crucified, suggests Wiseau's own view of his protagonist's, and his own, unimpeachably pure and innocent largesse.
It's a tradition in which the source of power is also the source of virtue, spiritual wisdom, and truth hence the total intolerance of any heterodoxy or dissent.
It's a tradition in which the source of power is also the source of virtue, spiritual wisdom, and truth — hence the total intolerance of any heterodoxy or dissent.
The abbreviated word in stanza four, line five, is presumably "Godhead", the sacred source of "Virtue".
