Quotes About Morality

Même les gens les plus impitoyables ont parfois des scrupules.

Matar a un ruiseñor

Si es pecado codiciar el honor, soy el mayor de todos los pecadores».

Desfrânat?? întreb? ea, tare. Dar tu? C?lug?rii aceÈ™tia nu È™tiu c? e nevoie de doi oameni ca s? comiÈ›i preacurvie?

A la gente no le gustan los políticos que minan la moral de nuestros soldados cuestionando la guerra.

That high-minded type can always find an excuse for breaking his own rules. I'd rather do business with an everyday sinner who thinks it's probably to his advantage, in the long run, to tell the truth and keep his promises.

Aye. But right and wrong don't count much in this world—only in the next.

Nunca he confiado en los que proclaman su honestidad desde el púlpito de una iglesia —fue la respuesta de Edmund—. Ese tipo de personas con tan alto concepto de sí mismas siempre encuentran una excusa para violar sus propias reglas. Prefiero tener tratos con pecadores normales y corrientes; ésos al menos creen que al final les es más provechoso decir la verdad y cumplir sus promesas. Y es algo sobre lo que no suelen cambiar de opinión.

Ne t'en fais pas. Les scrupules sont bons pour les privilégiés. Pour nous qui sommes nés pauvres, notre seul salut est dans la ruse. Elle n'aimait pas entendre son frère parler ainsi et affirmer que leur enfance difficile excusait tout, ce qu'il faisait parfois.

He was a good man, ma'am,' she said. 'Never raised a hand to me.' The Queen did not know what to say about a man whose virtue was that he did not beat his wife.

My father hated people who preached about morality. We're all good when it suits us, he used to say: that doesn't count. It's when you want so badly to do something wrong - when you're about to make a fortune from a dishonest deal, or kiss the lovely lips of your neighbor's wife, or tell a lie to get yourself out of terrible trouble - that's when you need the rules.

Un uomo che aveva una relazione galante era considerato vizioso, ma in fondo romantico; una donna che faceva altrettanto era una puttana.

My father hated people who preached about morality. We're all good when it suits us, he used to say: that doesn't count. It's when you want so badly to do something wrong—when you're about to make a fortune from a dishonest deal, or kiss the lovely lips of your neighbor's wife, or tell a lie to get yourself out of terrible trouble—that's when you need the rules. Your integrity is like a sword, he would say: you shouldn't wave it until you're about to put it to the test.

?i am aflat c? exist? hot?râri dificile È™i c?, uneori, nu avem cum s? È™tim ce e bine È™i ce e r?u de f?cut.

Creo que lo que hago se convierte en parte de mí, cuando soy valiente y fuerte, y cuidando de los niños, los enfermos y los pobres me convierto en mejor persona. Y cuando soy cruel, o cobarde o cuento mentiras, me convierto en alguien menos digno y no puedo respetarme a mí misma. Ésa es la retribución divina en la que creo.

He who sups with the devil must use a long spoon.

We will have to repent, in this generation, not merely for the hateful words and actions of bad people, but for the appalling silence of the good," King said

Não sabia explicar o motivo por que, com tanta frequência, Deus levava as melhores pessoas e deixava as más vivas para continuarem a praticar o mal. Em momentos como aquele, a ideia de uma divindade benevolente encarregada de zelar pelo bem de todos perdia qualquer espécie de credibilidade.

Mama lui îl implorase s?-È™i p?streze convingerile pentru sine, dar el nu putea: avea È™aptesprezece ani È™i, pentru el, lucrurile erau fie corecte, fie greÈ™ite.

The same baby at Kingsbridge Priory would cause a stir. On the other hand, what was wrong with that? It was not a sin to give people something to talk about.

What is wrong with this war is that we are on the wrong side. We are the bad guys. That is why kids dodge the draft; that is why the Vietnamese won't fight; that is why we kill women and children; that is why the generals lie to the politicians, and the politicians lie to the reporters, and the newspapers lie to the public. After that, his

Los miembros de esta generación tendremos que lamentarnos no solo por las palabras y los actos odiosos de las malas personas, sino por los clamorosos silencios de las buenas —

But, oh Viv, right doesn't make might.

They didn't mind so much when I was a dumb logger and got into a hassle; that's excusable, they say, that's a hard-workin' feller blowing off steam, they say. But if you're a gambler, if they know you to get up a back-room game now and then, all you have to do is spit slantwise and you're a goddamned criminal.