1. Human strengths and weaknesses<br />Definitions<br />Using Dictionary.com/browse<br />Virtue- To be the kind of person who always does the right thing.<br />Vice- A bad habit.<br />Ambition- Wanting to achieve something great. <br />Duty- A job you have to do.<br />Quotes<br />Virtue-“Stupidity, like virtue, is its own reward.” Bill Davidsen, unknown author.<br /> -“Silence is the virtue of fools.” Francis Bacon, English lawyer.<br />Vice-“It has been my experience that folks who have no vices have very few virtues.” Abraham Lincoln, 16th president of the U.S.<br /> -“The greatest minds are capable of the greatest vices as well as of the greatest virtues.” Rene Descartes, French philosopher.<br />Ambition-“What is my loftiest ambition? I’ve always wanted to throw an egg at an electric fan. Oliver Herford, American writer.<br /> -“Intelligence without ambition is a bird without wings. Salvador Dali, Spanish writer.<br />Duty- “Duty is the most sublime word in our language. Do your duty in all things. You cannot do more. You should never with to do less.” Robert E. Lee, U.S. army officer.<br /> -“We have now sunk to a depth at which the restatement of the obvious is the first duty of intelligent men.” George Orwell, English author.<br />Pictures<br />2809875148590Virtue- The green swirls are virtue. They are most<br /> concentrated near the heart, as virtue is <br /> based on morals and what your ‘heart’ <br /> tells you to do. The people are vague <br /> representations of the human race. The <br /> separation between the light and dark <br /> states that virtue can show up anywhere.<br /> Finally, the swirls reaching so far from <br /> the people are saying that virtue breeds <br /> virtue. I don’t really understand my own <br /> thought process, so I can’t explain it.<br />3552825-209549Vice- For people with vices, I chose a smoker, because <br /> just like cigarette smoke, vices drift off of a <br /> person and affect everyone around. Vices start <br /> with the mind and the hands, and it looks good <br /> to the person when they start, but eventually <br /> shows its true colors, like the red behind the<br /> black.<br />37833303175<br />Ambition-The person climbing the ladder is clearly the ambitious<br /> one. The clear background states that there are no <br /> distractions from the goal. The star states that the goal<br /> looks good, but can burn you. The ladder is<br /> unsupported because just as fast as a person can rise,<br /> they can fall. Ambition is a good thing, I just don’t think<br /> that the goal should be all that one focuses on.<br />2876550195580<br />Duty- the person in the middle is a soldier,<br /> representing discipline, order, and <br /> obedience. The black and white represent<br /> the ability of duty to lead someone down <br /> both the good and evil paths. The swirls <br /> show that supposed duty affects everything<br /> around you.<br />