virtue

the highest; the best; supreme; the greatest

human, person, human being / personality, character / (Buddhism) literally meaning: "human society", referring to one of the six realms of reincarnation in Buddhist cosmology.

(archaic) the world in which people live; the world, society

(dated, rare) a place devoid of people

good, good deed

virtue / goodness

(と〜) thinking that […] (with the next clause explaining that the truth is contrary to expectations)

to seem, to appear

continuative of the passive of 思う (omou); continuative of 思われる (omowareru)