Isidore of Seville Quotes on Virtue
Isidore of Seville was a Spanish bishop, encyclopedist, and the last of the Latin Fathers of the Church. This page collects quotes attributed to Isidore of Seville on the topic of virtue, drawn from across the philosopher's works.
Quotes
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Attributed to Isidore of Seville:
“He who is ignorant of letters is the poorer man.”
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Attributed to Isidore of Seville:
“Wisdom builds her house on seven pillars: the seven liberal arts.”
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“Through idleness, lusts and harmful thoughts grow, but through the exercise of labor, vices are likewise diminished.”
Regula Monachorum | Regula Monachorum , 5,1. -
“A detected vice is quickly cured, but the hidden vice, the more it is concealed, the more deeply it creeps, for truly he who neglects to make it known does not wish to be cured at all.”
Regula Monachorum | Regula Monachorum , 13,5.