cardinal virtue

Example Sentences

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"I heard that forgiveness is a cardinal virtue for Hindus," I said.

From Salon • Jan. 3, 2021

Doubt is a cardinal virtue in the sciences, which advance through skeptics’ willingness to question the experts.

From Washington Post • Dec. 16, 2020

Truth was the cardinal virtue of Zoroastrianism, with lying being synonymous with evil.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2020

Variety is its cardinal virtue, seasoned with the element of surprise.

From New York Times • Aug. 21, 2014

As whenever he sinned a cardinal virtue interfered and turned him back to virtue, he lived in great credit, and made, but for one sentence, a very holy death.

From The Trembling of the Veil by Yeats, W. B. (William Butler)