Quotes About Morality

Never tell the truth to those unworthy of it....

The fact that man knows right from wrong proves his intellectual superiority to other creatures but the fact that he can do wrong proves his moral inferiority to any creature that cannot.

The proper office of a friend is to side with you when you are wrong. Nearly anybody will side with you when you are right.

To be good is noble, but to teach others how to be good is nobler--and less trouble.

Virtue has never been as respectable as money.

We all have thoughts that would shame the devil.

People are getting smarter nowadays; they are letting lawyers, instead of their conscience, be their guide.

Guilt, remorse. It's what separates us from the animals.

Let us swear while we may, for in heaven it will not be allowed

Mr.Blank's reputation as a card shark had preceded him. No one accused him of being dishonest, but on the other hand no one accused him of being honest.

Ethical dilemmas have a way of sneaking up on a person. If something smells funny, stay away from it. Or help get rid of it.

All wrong doing is done in the sincere belief that it is the best thing to do.

The good ended happily, and the bad unhappily. That is what fiction means.

Bad television is three things: a bullet train to a morally bankrupt youth, a slow spiral into an intellectual void, and of course, a complete blast to watch.

Wickedly funny to read and morally bracing as only good satire can be.

There's nothing cute or funny or lovable about being cheap. It's a total turn-off.

A real cop fights real crime. A vice cop's only job is to ruin the party.

Everybody is corrupted by hotel rooms. You can't help it. It's the only place in the world where you walk in and the first think you do is steal everything before you take your coat off.

Sexual intercourse is a grossly overrated pastime; the position is undignified, the pleasure momentary and the consequences damnable.

It's funny how human beings are so entertained by crimes.

If you teach your children nothing else, teach them the Golden Rule and "righty-tighty, lefty-loosey.

Stealing is good, honest work, " Said the theif, puffing out his chest. "Well, not honest, strictly speaking, " he admitted after a moment. "Or actually good.

That's easy, " Russell said. "Because everybody else in this here place is crooked as a dog's hind leg. ...

Thus, in moments of catastrophe, when hard decisions needed to be made quickly, all AIs included in their calculations a human death toll governed by a factor called 'pigheadedness'.