6 sentences with 'virtuous'
Example sentences and phrases with the word virtuous and other words derived from it.
• « The fortunate and virtuous person, however, would see his heart balanced against the ideal of order and the soul would be rewarded with eternal life. Otherwise, his heart would be thrown to a crocodile-headed demon and devoured, the soul perishing in the process. »
• « In short, Epicureans believed in a virtuous renunciation of earthly cares and indulgence in pleasure. »
• « From the work of thinkers such as Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, Cicero and Virgil, Renaissance thinkers came to support the idea of a virtuous life that was not the same as a specifically Christian virtuous life. »
• « I made a resolution to follow the Golden Rule ("Do not do to others what you would not want done to you"), the one moral constant in all religions. This involved rectifying some less than virtuous actions in my life. »
• « According to political theory, a republic requires its citizens to cultivate virtuous behaviour; if the people are virtuous, the republic will survive. If the people are corrupt, the republic will fall. »
• « Washington and those who celebrated his role as president set a standard of elite and virtuous leadership that cast a long shadow over subsequent presidential administrations. »