Virtue is a covering

symbolism, veils

According to St Basil the Great, the virtuous man does not want a garment. For such a man, virtue serves as a garment.1 He has no need to veil his body to cover shame.


  1. Address to Young Men on the Right Use of Greek Literature by St Basil the Great, https://books.apple.com/us/book/delphi-collected-works-of-basil-of-caesarea-illustrated/id1601503324↩︎