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English playwright and poet 1564–1616Related quotes
John Adams (1735–1826) 2nd President of the United States
Letter to Abigail Adams (3 July 1776)
1770s
Context: I am surprised at the suddenness as well as the greatness of this revolution... It is the will of Heaven that the two countries should be sundered forever. It may be the will of Heaven that America shall suffer calamities still more wasting, and distresses yet more dreadful. If this is to be the case it will have this good effect at least. It will inspire us with many virtues which we have not, and correct many errors, follies, and vices which threaten to disturb, dishonor, and destroy us. The furnace of affliction produces refinement in states as well as individuals. And the new Governments we are assuming in every part will require a purification from our vices, and an augmentation of our virtues, or they will be no blessings. The people will have unbounded power, and the people are extremely addicted to corruption and venality, as well as the great. But I must submit all my hopes and fears to an overruling Providence, in which, unfashionable as the faith may be, I firmly believe.
“Balancing the budget is like protecting your virtue , you have to learn how to say no.”
Ronald Reagan (1911–2004) American politician, 40th president of the United States (in office from 1981 to 1989)
Interview, The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson on 01/03/1975 as shown on YouTube The Tonight Show video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CNmnmdtcdcg <br class="br">1970s
“The only reward of virtue is virtue; the only way to have a friend is to be one.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882) American philosopher, essayist, and poet
1840s, Essays: First Series (1841), Friendship
Variant: The only way to have a friend is to be one.
Christopher Hitchens (1949–2011) British American author and journalist
2000s, 2001, Letters to a Young Contrarian (2001)
“Virtue (or the man of virtue) is not left to stand alone. He who practices it will have neighbors.”
Confucius (-551–-479 BC) Chinese teacher, editor, politician, and philosopher
Source: The Analects, Chapter IV
Mark Heard (1951–1992) American musician and record producer
Life in the Industry: A Musician's Diary
Elizabeth Taylor (1932–2011) British-American actress
As quoted in The Seven Deadly Sins (2000) by Steven Schwartz, p. 23
Alan Watts (1915–1973) British philosopher, writer and speaker
Source: Psychotherapy, East and West (1961), p. 9