Sentence examples for with a virtue from inspiring English sources

On Alfano's view, when people act in accordance with a virtue, they often do so not because they possess the trait in question, but because they think they do or because they know that other people think they do.

The model will also contribute to the existing set of genome-scale models with a virtue of being one of the first stoichiometric models that account for photosynthesis.

Sosa's idea (later abandoned) that knowledge is safe belief accords well with a virtue-theoretic approach to knowledge.

Meanwhile, Dr. Remensnyder said, it can "revolutionize" the lives of people with hearing difficulties, a virtue in itself.

Inevitably "Picasso Black and White" is also a judgment on Picasso the colorist, repackaging a long-held criticism — that he was indifferent to or indiscriminate with color — as a virtue.

"You've Got the Love I Need," written and recorded with Mr. Hamilton, makes a virtue of the simple and even the predictable — Mr. Green rhymes "life," inexorably, with "wife" — on its way to a likable disco chorus.

He also commended Mr Cameron's defence of Mrs Miller, arguing that his "loyalty, that desire to think the best of those who work with him, is a virtue".

If finding fault with ourselves was a virtue, most of us would be saints.

The biggest Carnival ships -- including the Destiny, Triumph and Victory -- turn this shortcoming into a virtue with 214-foot-long water slides that feature hairpin twists and turns.

Changing one's mind with better information is a virtue, not a weakness, and an ability to adapt is a sign of a thinking person.

If (as seems the case) Socrates is never satisfied with a definition of a virtue, this may be because the virtues cannot be differentiated at all.