He lived virtuously and frugally, careful not to squander the public's money.
It was soon being said that he was a petty tyrant in his household obsessed by the need to live virtuously and force others to do the same.
Souls in Limbo include unbaptised infants and those who lived virtuously but were never exposed to Christianity in their lifetimes.
To seek to live virtuously in King Gordogrosso's Ibile is to seek one's own death!
And what does the commandment to live virtuously require of us?
Yamas: A yama (Sanskrit), literally translates as a "restraint", a rule or code of conduct for living virtuously.
--Virgil leads Dante into Limbo, the First Circle of Hell, containing the spirits of those who lived virtuously but without Christianity.
However, for Stace, neither religion nor science could remedy the situation, only facing up to the truth will do - 'this means learning to live virtuously and happily, or at least contentedly, without illusions.'
They lived virtuously but without fuss, they were frank to a fault, and they gave amply to the monsignor's building fund.
For example, Machiavelli denies that living virtuously necessarily leads to happiness.