Quotes About Morality

If a man should wanton walk with crime ... he shall find in death no great deliverance.

Old age hath stronger sense of right than youth.

The man who does ill, ill must suffer too.

Truly upon mortals cometh swift of foot their evil and his offence upon him that trespasseth against Right.

I would far rather be ignorant than knowledgeable of evils.

"Reverence for parents" stands written among the three laws of most revered righteousness.

God's most lordly gift to man is decency of mind.

And one who is just of his own free will shall not lack for happiness and he will never come to utter ruin.

The safeguards of virtue are hateful to the evil disposed.

Little liberties are great offenses.

Those who return evil for good should not expect the kindness of others to last long.

We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office.

The injury we do and the one we suffer are not weighed in the same scales.

Outside show is a poor substitute for inner worth.

By the deeds know a man.

Be sure thy sin will find thee out.

To count - really and truly to count - a woman must have goodness or brains.

People who can be very good can be very bad too.

Evil is not any superhuman, but it is HUMAN.

The world is full of good people who do bad things!

Oh, I'm not afraid of death! What have I got to live for after all? I suppose you believe it's very wrong to kill a person who has injured you-even if they've taken away everything you had in the world?

What they need is a little immorality in their lives. Then they wouldn't be so busy looking for it in other people's.

What you do not understand is that there are things that cannot be bought.

There are more important things than finding the murderer. And justice is a fine word, but it is sometimes difficult to say exactly what one means by it. In my opinion, the important thing is to clear the innocent. - Hercule Poirot