piety

• We shall see that Rashi directed the course of ?37?3 the later development at the same time that he summed up in his work all that had previously been accomplished The example of a man as revered as Rashi for his piety, his character, and his immense learning was bound to make a profound and lasting impression upon his contemporaries. —  Rashi
• As true piety, which is charity itself, is never jealous, and is delighted in what is of advantage to its neighbors, the ecclesiastic embraced Francis, and assured him how desirous he was to see the Blessed Virgin honored and praised in this place, which she loved, where concerts by the angelic host were constantly heard. —  The Life and Legends of Saint Francis of Assisi
• The monasteries of those days were the seats both of learning and piety, that is, of such learning and piety as then prevailed. —  King Alfred of England
• Nothing distinguished the English traveler or the English reviewer so much as his piety, and his profound conviction that religion could not exist where it was not carefully watched over by an established church. —  The Project Gutenberg eBook of James Fenimore Cooper by Thomas R. Lounsbury
• If individual Christians have the favor of individual worldlings, it never is for their piety, that is rather borne with than loved; and too often Christians save themselves from reproach by unfaithfulness; that, alas, has been my sin and shame. —  The Power of Faith

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