Horace Mann Quotes About Virtue
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Republics, one after another . . . have perished from a want of intelligence and virtue in the masses of the people. . . .
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Affectation hides three times as many virtues as charity does sins.
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Virtue is an angel, but she is a blind one, and must ask Knowledge to show her the pathway that leads to her goal.
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The experience of the ages that are past, the hopes of the ages that are yet to come, unite their voices in an appeal to us;– they implore us to think more of the character of our people than of its numbers; to look upon our vast natural resources, not as tempters to ostentation and pride, but as means to be converted by the refining alchemy of education into mental and spiritual treasures; ...and thus give to the world the example of a nation whose wisdom increases with its prosperity, and whose virtues are equal to its power.
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