Sentence examples for modest virtue from inspiring English sources

But for the country as a whole, partisanship does have one modest virtue.

Unfortunately, the fungus of 100 percent partisan opposition that aims to paralyze the majority party's programs overshadows partisanship's "modest virtue" and results in government inaction.

Still, Marmee, who exhorts her daughters to modest virtue, humility, self-sacrifice and sisterly love, will hold them together until Father's return.

• To the Editor: There is one "modest virtue" of partisanship, Ross Douthat argues, and that is a "reasonably passionate opposition" that provides a check and balance for executive power.

He cut their pay by 30%, and told them to swap their ministerial cars for the train.This model of modest virtue has, however, been shattered by the confession of Jérôme Cahuzac, the former Socialist budget minister who was also in charge of a crackdown on tax evasion, that he had lied about a secret foreign bank account to the president, parliament and the country.

The resolution of such arguments will not detain us here, for while "empirically modest" virtue ethics may offer valuable contributions to ethical theory,[20] it is of limited relevance to our present topic of moral psychology, since it does not aspire to a generally applicable, empirically adequate account of actual moral functioning.

"Macbeth" had to settle for more modest virtues.

Then there is a safety candidate whose modest virtues are minimal ambulatory power and availability.

Bouncy and inviting, 36 makes a bright showcase for its solid, modest virtues.

A corpse, we may reflect, has several modest virtues: it is silent, stationary, and, above all, utterly predictable.

For the sake of Britain, and also of Europe, I hope that my countrymen and countrywomen rediscover their modest virtues before it's too late.