Alexander the Great Quotes

Give me chastity and continence, but not yet.

Moral character has now some influence in our elections, but not that place which it deserves. The law of public opinion excludes confirmed sots, and persons judicially convicted of high crimes and misdemeanors against the State; but it ought to render the election of all profane swearers, notorious Sabbath breakers, seducers, slanderers, prodigals and riotous persons, as well as the advocates of dueling, impracticable.

Chastity is a virtue with some, but with many it is almost a vice.

It is the nature of the wise to resist pleasures, but the foolish to be a slave to them.

There are no better cosmetics than a severe temperance and purity, modesty and humility, a gracious temper and calmness of spirit; and there is no true beauty without the signatures of these graces in the very countenance.

Chastity is the cement of civilization and progress. Without it there is no stability in society, and without it one cannot attain the Science of Life.

The big rule is that you must never get mixed up with a married man - never even look sideways at another woman's fella. Boy, I really was terrific at obeying that rule, wasn't I?

Oh Lord, give me chastity, but do not give it yet.

An untempted woman cannot boast of her chastity.

We may eventually come to realize that chastity is no more a virtue than malnutrition.

The ruler should understand that he must not covet the wives of other men and be content with personally refraining from injustice

I have always espoused chastity except when one can no longer resist the temptation.

If you would be chaste, you must be temperate.

Modesty and humility are the sobriety of the mind, as temperance and chastity are of the body.

Of chastity, the ornaments are chaste.

Da mihi castitatem et continentiam, sed noli modo (Give me chastity and continence, but not just yet)!

Temperance is the nurse of chastity.

Chastity works better if you don't keep testing it.

It is not enough to be abstinent with other people. You also have to be abstinent alone. The Bible says that lust in your heart is committing adultery. So you can't - a word that rhymes with congratulate - without lust.

A lady could not boast of her chastity who was never tempted.

The supreme sway of chastity over the senses makes her queenly.

Modesty, that perennial flower planted instinctively in the human breast, blooms therein only as continence guards and virtue keeps.

Modesty is the conscience of the body.

The most virtuous are those who content themselves with being virtuous without seeking to appear so.

Abstainer: a weak person who yields to the temptation of denying himself a pleasure.