The phrase "always a virtue" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to express that a particular quality or trait is consistently considered good or admirable.
Example: "In times of uncertainty, patience is always a virtue that can lead to better decision-making."
Alternatives: "consistently a good quality" or "invariably a positive trait".
Simplicity is not always a virtue, though.
SHILLER: Owning a home isn't always a virtue.
Be Patient Patience is always a virtue, but with online dating it's a necessity.
Caution, of course, is not always a virtue, and undue caution is to be avoided.
And moderation, as Mr. Brooks defines it, is almost always a virtue.
Although prolific output is not always a virtue, it is a measure of national support.
The Tories have always made a virtue out of being retro.
It has always made a virtue of using relatively minor villains such as Captain Boomerang, Deadshot and Nightshade, though Batman fans will be aware of Poison Ivy, and former Batgirl Barbara Gordon appearing as Oracle.
RM: Ed Miliband has always made a virtue of standing up to newspapers and their owners, such as Rupert Murdoch over phone hacking, and the Mail on Sunday over its attack on his father.
But Harrison has always made a virtue of his vices: in the long poem The Mother of the Muses, repetition and prolixity are organic to the subject: remembrance and memory in life and poetry - remembering a dead father-in-law; old people in a home groping to remember anything at all; Harrison himself trying to remember lines of Greek.
He is right, and there is greater "pausa" to their game now, but patience does not always appear a virtue for Villarreal: at times there's something almost obsessive about the way they go forward and it can be thrilling to watch: precise and quick in their passing, sharp in their movement, swarming forward together, alert to the interception, closing passing avenues, going straight for the throat.
