09/04/2020
A Partial List of Virtues
[Note: not all virtues can be written as a single word]
honesty, wisdom, moral excellence, principle, good, value, not vice, merit, temperance, prudence, courage, fortitude, faith, hope, love, charity, loving-kindness, benevolence, compassion, empathetic joy, equanimity, chastity, purity, abstinence, humanity, will, generosity, sacrifice, diligence, persistence, effortfulness, ethics, patience, forgiveness, mercy, kindness, compassion, humility, bravery, modesty, reverence, liberality, magnificence, magnanimity, proper ambition, truthfulness, wittiness, friendliness, righteous indignation, judicial temperance, judicial courage, judicial temperament, judicial intelligence, judicial wisdom, justice, reason, clear judgement, inner calm, self-control, conscientiousness, conscience, riteousness, brotherly love, consolation, readily helping one another, moral integrity, mildness, uprightness, intelligence, science, theoretical wisdom, good sense, sympathy, understanding, practical wisdom, fairness, good behavior, helpfulness, sharing, making good opportunities for other people, thriftiness, avoiding waste, avoiding secretly wanting, altruism, public service, self-denial, solidarity, egalitarianism, social equality, friendship, empathy, perseverence, filial piety, never stealing, giving, honor, basic goodness, boldness, creativity, curiosity, open-mindedness, love of learning, humanity, social intelligence, gratitude, dignity, discipline, tenacity, frugality, respect, refinement, learning, industriousness, selflessness, foresight, personal discretion, wholesomeness, equanimity, well-intended reciprocity, thankfulness, respect for others, avoiding cruelty, 

chivalric virtues in medieval Europe:
Love God
Love your neighbour
Give alms to the poor
Entertain strangers
Visit the sick
Be merciful to prisoners
Do ill to no man, nor consent unto such
Forgive as ye hope to be forgiven
Redeem the captive
Help the oppressed
Defend the cause of the widow and orphan
Render righteous judgement
Do not consent to any wrong
Persevere not in wrath
Shun excess in eating and drinking
Be humble and kind
Serve your liege lord faithfully
Do not steal
Do not perjure yourself, nor let others do so
Avoid envy, hatred, and violence
Support righteous causes

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Corporal works of mercy
The six Corporal Works of Mercy, Freiburg Minster, ca. 1230
Works of Mercy by Pierre Montallier, 1680
Frans II Francken, The Seven Works of Mercy, 1605 (German Historical Museum
Berlin)

Corporal works of mercy are those that tend to the bodily needs of other creatures. The standard list is given by Jesus in Chapter 25 of the Gospel of Matthew, in the famous sermon on the Last Judgment. They are also mentioned in the Book of Isaiah. The seventh work of mercy comes from the Book of Tobit and from the mitzvah of burial, although it was not added to the list until the Middle Ages.

The works include:

To feed the hungry.
To give water to the thirsty.
To clothe the naked.
To shelter the homeless.
To visit the sick.
To visit the imprisoned, or ransom the captive.
To bury the dead.

Spiritual works of mercy

Just as the corporal works of mercy are directed towards relieving corporeal suffering, the aim of the spiritual works of mercy is to relieve spiritual suffering.

The works include:

To instruct the ignorant.
To counsel the doubtful.
To admonish the sinners.
To bear patiently those who wrong us.
To forgive offenses.
To comfort the afflicted.
To pray for the living and the dead.

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