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Meanings of moral excellence in English

Portuguese
virtude
Catalan
excel·lència
Spanish
virtud
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The quality of doing what is right and avoiding what is wrong.

        virtude
        Usage of moral excellence in English
        1
        And he has honored his heredity by his own intellectual and moral excellence.
        Autobiography of Seventy Years, Vol. 1-2
        2
        On the other hand, men of moral excellence make us ashamed.
        The Soul of Democracy / The Philosophy of the World War in Relat...
        3
        The worst of men can often appreciate high moral excellence.
        Christopher Carson, Familiarly Known as Kit Carson
        4
        True love ever has an appreciating regard for moral excellence-andknowledge must precede appreciation.
        Finger Posts on the Way of Life
        5
        Neither literary nor moral excellence seems to enter as an element into its standard.
        Gala-Days
        6
        Note how each stage marks an advance towards moral excellence.
        The Awakening of China
        7
        Only, I have known no woman whose moral excellence was less productive of happiness.
        The Diary of a Superfluous Man and Other Stories
        8
        Holiness considered as moral excellence is the result of holiness considered as devotion to God.
        Expositions of Holy Scripture: Psalms
        9
        When we use the word 'holy' today, we usually refer to a state of moral excellence.
        A history of god: the 4000-year quest of judaism, christianity, ...
        10
        Belief and unbelief are not matters of moral excellence or depravity: they are questions of evidence.
        God and My Neighbour
        11
        It neither includes the possession of high moral excellence, nor of necessity even the ornamental graces of manner.
        Biographia Literaria
        12
        In return for his moral excellence, she gave him the moral sentiments: esteem, gratitude, abstract admiration, perfect faith.
        Diana of the Crossways — Volume 5
        13
        Three elements necessary for moral excellence.
        Complete Works of Plutarch — Volume 3: Essays and Miscellanies
        14
        The first men to whom illuminations came evidently received these gifts out of some purity of intention and moral excellence.
        Understanding the Scriptures
        15
        A Society has need to be very rich in moral excellence, that can afford to throw away three such members.
        Isaac T. Hopper: A True Life
        16
        So thorough is our persuasion of this, that we would commend the marriage relation to a seeker of moral excellence.
        The Young Maiden
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