Quotes About Integrity

How little the general report of any one ought to be credited, since no character, however upright, can escape the malevolence of slander.

I hope I never ridicule what is wise or good.

My business was to declare myself a scoundrel, and whether I did it with a bow or a bluster was of little importance.

There is one thing, Emma, which a man can always do, if he chuses, and that is, his duty; not by manoeuvring and finessing, but by vigour and resolution.

She knows her own worth too well for false shame.

There is always one thing a man can do, if he so chooses, and that is his duty.

Ella sentía que podía confiar mucho más en la sinceridad de aquellos que en alguna ocasión podían decir alguna cosa descuidada o alguna ligereza, que en aquellos cuya presencia de ánimo jamás sufría alteraciones, cuya lengua jamás se deslizaba.

Respect for right conduct is felt by everybody.

Pride has often been his best friend. It has connected him nearer with virtue than any other feeling.

Remember, cried Willoughby, from whom you received the account. Could it be an impartial one? I acknowledge that her situation and character ought to have been respected by me. I do not mean to justify myself, but at the same time cannot leave you to suppose that I have nothing to urge--that because she was injured, she was irreproachable, and because I was a libertine, she must be a saint...

For herself she was humbled; but she was proud of him. Proud that in a cause of compassion and honour, he had been able to get the better of himself.

It isn't what we say or think that defines us, but what we do.

You must give me leave to judge for myself, and pay me the compliment of believing what I say.

convincing Elinor, that whatever other unpardonable folly might bring him to Cleveland, he was not brought there by intoxication.

I have no notion of loving people by halves; it is not my nature

No has de cambiar, por consideración a una persona, el significado de los principios y de la integridad, ni tratar de convencerte, o convencerme a mí, de que el egoísmo es prudencia y la insensibilidad ante el peligro certidumbre de felicidad.

When a young man, be who he will, comes and makes love to a pretty girl, and promises marriage, he has no business to fly off from his word only because he grows poor, and a richer girl is ready to have him. Why don't he, in such a case, sell his horses, let his house, turn off his servants, and make a thorough reform at once?

Every emendation of Anne's had been on the side of honesty against importance. She wanted more vigorous measures, a more complete reformation, a quicker release from debt, a much higher tone of indifference for everything but justice and equity.

No podía encontrar satisfacción duradera en la compañía de una persona que a la ignorancia unía la insinceridad.

She was obliged to recollect that her seeing the letter was a violation of the laws of honour, that no one ought to be judged or to be known by such testimonies, that no private correspondence could bear the eye of others

Nessuna condotta, neppure la più corretta, può sfuggire alla malevolenza della calunnia.

Dia mesti mencamkan bahwa tak seorang pun berhak dinilai atau dihakimi berdasarkan korespondensi pribadinya.

Do not consider me now as an elegant female, intending to plague you, but as a rational creature, speaking the truth from her heart.

and, my dear aunt, if you do not tell me in an honourable manner, I shall certainly be reduced to tricks and stratagems to find out.