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Rights presuppose duties, if they are not to become mere licence.
Pope Benedict XVI1927–2022Caritas in Veritate (29 June 2009)
- Responsibility
What I stand for
is what I stand on.
Wendell Berry1934–2026“Below” in A Part (1980)
- Character
- Nature
Am I my brother’s keeper?
The Bible (King James Version)Genesis 4:9 (KJV)In context
- Family
- Responsibility
Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful.
The Bible (King James Version)Psalms (1611), Psalm 1:1 (KJV)In context
- Good & Evil
Righteousness exalteth a nation: but sin is a reproach to any people.
The Bible (King James Version)Proverbs 14:34 (KJV)In context
- Morality
If thine enemy be hungry, give him bread to eat; and if he be thirsty, give him water to drink:
For thou shalt heap coals of fire upon his head, and the LORD shall reward thee.
The Bible (King James Version)Proverbs 25:21–22 (KJV)In context
- Enemies
- Forgiveness
The wicked flee when no man pursueth: but the righteous are bold as a lion.
The Bible (King James Version)Proverbs 28:1 (KJV)In context
- Courage
- Good & Evil
Who can find a virtuous woman? for her price is far above rubies.
The Bible (King James Version)Proverbs 31:10 (KJV)In context
- Women
Cast thy bread upon the waters: for thou shalt find it after many days.
The Bible (King James Version)Ecclesiastes 11:1 (KJV)In context
- Charity
O proud philanthropist, your hope is vain
To get by giving what you lost by gain.
Ambrose Bierce1842–1914Epigrams, p. 349. Previously appeared in “Small Contributions”, Cosmopolitan, Vol. 42, No. 6 (April 1907) p. 695.
- Charity
Self-denial is indulgence of a propensity to forego.
Ambrose Bierce1842–1914Epigrams
Patience, n. A minor form of despair, disguised as a virtue.
Ambrose Bierce1842–1914The Devil’s Dictionary (1911)
- Comedy
Selfish, adj. Devoid of consideration for the selfishness of others.
Ambrose Bierce1842–1914The Devil’s Dictionary (1911)
- Character
- Comedy
Generous, adj. Originally this word meant noble by birth and was rightly applied to a great multitude of persons. It now means noble by nature and is taking a bit of a rest.
Ambrose Bierce1842–1914The Devil’s Dictionary (1911)
- Charity
- Comedy
An army’s bravest men are its cowards. The death which they would not meet at the hands of the enemy they will meet at the hands of their officers, with never a flinching.
Ambrose Bierce1842–1914What I Saw At Shiloh (1881), V
- Courage
- War & Peace