Sentence examples for the simple virtue from inspiring English sources

The show's big point, which has the simple virtue of being self-evident, is that Spanish art did not constantly reinvent itself over time.

Because, in addition to the simple virtue of getting bills right, smart meters have another advantage: they improve energy efficiency and cut bills.

It became fashionable to suggest that Jones was jinxed, his great performances of real people destined to be blotted out by inferior ones that had the simple virtue of coming first.

Tacitus emphasizes the simple virtue as well as the primitive vices of the Germanic tribes, in contrast to the moral laxity of contemporary Rome, and the threat that these tribes, if they acted together, could present to Roman Gaul.

To these easygoing surroundings Mr. Drake brings a high level of culinary sophistication and an appreciation for the simple virtues of fresh food.

For those people accustomed to taking their heroes as the embodiments of the simple virtues, Richard Ben Cramer's relentlessly iconoclastic new biography of Joe DiMaggio, one of the greatest American heroes, will tarnish more than just an idol.

"The general purpose of the whole," wrote Steele, "has been to recommend truth, innocence, honour, and virtue, as the chief ornaments of life"; and here, as in the later periodical, can be seen his strong ethical bent, his attachment to the simple virtues of friendship, frankness, and benevolence, his seriousness of approach tempered by the colloquial ease and lightness of his style.

Franklin L. Lavin, a former American ambassador to Singapore who is the chairman of the pavilion's steering committee, said the organizers stayed clear of messages about free speech or democratic institutions in favor of the simple virtues of civic-mindedness.

The seed of true greatness lies in the simple virtues that drove those patriots in the 1960s and the pioneers in Uganda last week.

The simple virtues of remorse, patience, and gratitude can be overlooked in the hustle and bustle of everyday life, and by paying attention to those three crucial phrases, we can better appreciate and enhance our family network.

Apparently, each technological revolution makes us pine for the simpler virtues of the last one.