Sentence examples for virtue like this from inspiring English sources

And so Spinoza sums up his account of virtue like this: "the more each one seeks his own advantage, and strives to preserve himself, the more he is endowed with virtue, or what is the same, the greater is his power of acting according to the laws of his own nature, that is, of living from the guidance of reason.

Virtue, like the late Dutch-born British artist, paints impressions of landscapes verging on abstraction.

"The word humility is a Christian term, because this virtue, like all the others, has been better known since the rise of Christianity than it was among the pagans….In Christian humility, Christians know their weaknesses and faults through the precepts of divine law.

Its protagonists, Claire and Emilia, are icons of virtue, like paintings on a church wall.

The bird narrator, played with simplicity and grace by Birgit Huppuch, introduces scenes by announcing a virtue, like curiosity.

And since he is defined above all else by his tendency toward anxiety, that tendency inevitably takes on the quality of a heroic trait — a virtue, like Achilles' bravery, Socrates' wisdom, Jesus' compassion or George Washington's honesty.

Moreover, if Virtue, like Welfare, should be banned, Mr Gul could well be barred from politics too.But he does, in Turkish terms, stand for a new type of Islamic leader.

Of course, virtues like the ones Mr. Brooks lists -- "industriousness, sobriety, fidelity, punctuality and dependability" -- are all free.

But one can't exercise a moral virtue like liberality (Nic. Eth. IV.1) without having some, even considerable, money.

Thus a specific virtue like moderation is defined as "the science (epistêmê) of what is to be chosen and what is to be avoided and what is neither of these" (Arius Didymus, 61H).

We tend to think of self-control as a spiritual virtue, like love or charity.