Quotes About Morality

A good act does not wash out the bad, nor a bad act the good.

What if I am? It seems to me that most men are grey." "If half of an onion is black with rot, it is a rotten onion.

A true knight is cleanly as well as godly," the old man always said, insisting that they wash themselves head to heels every time the moon turned, whether they smelled sour or not.

The king, the priest, the rich man—who lives and who dies? Who will the swordsman obey? It's a riddle without an answer, or rather, too many answers.

No ruler can make a people good.

One day Bran, you will be Robb's bannerman, holding a keep of your own for your brother and your king, and justice will fall to you. When that day comes, you must take no pleasure in the task, but neither must you look away. A ruler who hides behind paid executioners soon forgets what death is.

I think you go to some hell for that. One o'the bad ones.

There are other ways to tempt men, besides the flesh.

A true knight is cleanly as well as godly.

Outlaws or poachers, makes no matter. Dead men make poor company.

Craster is his own man. He has sworn us no vows. Nor is he subject to our laws. Your heart is noble, Jon, but learn a lesson here. We cannot set the world to rights. That is not our purpose. The Night's Watch has other wars to fight.

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Some skins you never want to wear, boy. You won't like what you'd become.

Better to live shamed than die proud.

And the vilest of men and the wickedest of women likewise may do good from time to time, for love and compassion and pity may be found in even the blackest of hearts.

It is a terrible thing we contemplate, a vile thing. Yet we who presume to rule must do vile things for the good of the realm, howevermuch it pains us.

May the Father judge him justly.

Was there ever a man as beautiful or as vile as this one?

poison was regarded as a coward's weapon, and lacking in honor).

what is the life of one bastard boy against a kingdom?" "Everything." said Davos, softly.

A craven can be as brave as any man, when there is nothing to fear. And we all do our duty, when there is no cost to it. How easy it seems then, to walk the path of honor.

Moral courage is the most valuable and usually the most absent characteristic in men

Son, only a pimp in a Louisiana whore- house carries pearl-handled revolvers. These are ivory.

Even the 'right to live'...extends no further than the right to protection against murder. Charity certainly will, morality possibly may, and public utility perhaps ought to add to this protection supererogatory provision for continuance of life; but it is questionable whether strict justice demands it.