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Intended for the moral education of the young, [4] The Book of Virtues collects 370 passages of various types and provenance [5] across ten chapters, [6] each of the latter devoted to a specific virtue: self-discipline, compassion, responsibility, friendship, work, courage, perseverance, honesty, loyalty, and faith. [6]
American architect Ralph Adams Cram's beliefs in the "consistency, honesty, courage of courage of convictions, fastidiousness…willingness to accept only the best, the best materials, the best materials, the best workmanship, and above all the best art" became central to Kacmarcik's practice. [31]
Pakistan Army: Iman, Taqwa, Jihad Fi Sabil-illah, Men at their Best. (Faith, piety, struggle in the way of Almighty Allah, men at their best) Philippine National Police: We Serve and Protect; Royal Air Force (United Kingdom): Per Ardua Ad Astra (Through adversity to the stars) Royal Marines (United Kingdom): Per Mare, Per Terram (By sea, by land)
The best condiments are authentic flavors; The best defense is a good offense; The best-laid schemes of mice and men often go awry; The best things in life are free; The bigger they are, the harder they fall; The boy is father to the man; The bread never falls but on its buttered side; The child is the father of the man
And now these three remain: faith, hope, and love. But the greatest of these is love. Because of this reference, a group of seven virtues is sometimes listed by adding the four cardinal virtues (prudence, temperance, fortitude, justice) and three theological virtues (faith, hope, charity).
We will meet aggression and bad faith with resolve and strength. And to all nations, we will speak for the values that gave our Nation birth. America at its best is compassionate.
Title page from the first edition of Locke's Some Thoughts Concerning Education (1693) Some Thoughts Concerning Education is a 1693 treatise on the education of gentlemen written by the English philosopher John Locke. For over a century, it was the most important philosophical work on education in England. It was translated into almost all of the major written European languages during the ...
Elementary education consisted of music and gymnastics, designed to train and blend gentle and fierce qualities in the individual and create a harmonious person. [72] At the age of 20, a selection was made. The best students would take an advanced course in mathematics, geometry, astronomy and harmonics. The first course in the scheme of higher ...