Sentence examples for intelligence and virtue from inspiring English sources

So the workings of magic must sometimes depend on the intelligence and virtue of those who use it.

Blair may have been shifty, Brown may be surly, but neither could be compared to their American counterpart without looking like political giants, men of lofty intelligence and virtue.

If the basis of the status hierarchy is white skin color, white skin will be prized as inherently attractive and as a marker for other valuable qualities such as intelligence and virtue.

Apart from its intelligence and stylistic virtue, Cory's last testament arrived like a thoughtful gift to anyone who opened it.

It had to promote intelligence and merit.

According to Rawls, a competent judge possesses the following characteristics: Intelligence and knowledge, intellectual virtues of reasonableness, an open mind, and sympathetic knowledge of those human interests which give rise to the need to make a moral decision [ 10].

Though Keane and Lennon lack pace, they display intelligence and discipline in abundance, virtues that should facilitate a smooth passage to the Scottish championship and no similar capitulation to last season, when Celtic lost the title on the final day of the league campaign.

The participants — the youthful hot-eyed debaters and the tweedy, benevolent faculty sponsors — meet in an atmosphere of virtue and intelligence and unanimously resolve to do away with all nasty explosions, and everyone pretends not to know that the bright young scholar who presided over the previous year's meeting has since gone to work for the Hercules Powder Company.

We have succeeded, or so the story is told, by virtue of intelligence and diligence, without relying on government handouts.

Russian opponents such as Semyon Vorontsov agreed: the Prince had "lots of intelligence, intrigue and credit" but lacked "knowledge, application and virtue".

Sangakkara has given those three virtues, alongside intelligence and generosity of spirit, to Sri Lanka and world cricket the past 14 years.