Quotes About Integrity

The truth brings no man a fortune

We cannot teach children the danger of lying to men without feeling as men, the greater danger of lying to children.

When a man is set in authority over others, everything conspires to rob him of his sense of justice and reason.

One advantage resulting from good actions is that they elevate the soul to a disposition of attempting still better; for such is human weakness, that we must place among our good deeds an abstinence from those crimes we are tempted to commit.

DoÄŸruluk yolunu seçiÅŸim, doÄŸru olma duygusundan çok gerçeÄŸi sevmeme dayan?r; gerçekten, uygulamada, eÄŸriyle doÄŸrunun soyut kavramlar?n? deÄŸil, vicdan?m?n ahlak alan?ndaki yolunu izledim. ÇoÄŸu kez, masal anlatt?m; ama pek az yalan söyledim.

Personas de reconocida integridad colocadas en situaciones difíciles, maridos engañados> mujeres seducidas, partos clandestinos, he aquí los asuntos más comunes; y el que más enriquecía la Casa de Expósitos era siempre el más aplaudido.

La integridad de un hombre de bien es siempre antipática a los malvados.

Unii m? vor g?si caraghios, semeÅ£: puÅ£in îmi pas?! Trebuie s? ÅŸtiu a înfrunta râsul ÅŸi ocara, cu condiÅ£ia s? nu le merit.

Rien de vigoureux, rien de grand ne peut partir d'une plume toute vénale.

Virtue is a state of war, and to live in it means one always has some battle to wage against oneself.

mas también con la satisfacción interior, que experimentaba por vez primera, de poder decirme: "Merezco mi propia estimación; sé preferir mi deber a mi placer".

Mi talento consistía en saber decir a los hombres verdades útiles, pero duras, con bastante valor y energía;

Yo, por un cúmulo de males de todo género, había de servir de ejemplo a todo aquel que, inspirado por el solo amor del bien público y de la justicia, se atreva, escudado únicamente en su inocencia, a decir a los hombres la verdad abiertamente, sin apoyarse en las intrigas y

Your beginning, he said to me, is the rule of what will be required of you: seek to behave so as to do more afterwards, but watch out never to do less.

Nada hay que influya más sobre mi corazón que un acto de valor hecho a propósito, en favor del débil injustamente oprimido. En

Ne détruisons point les instruments du bonheur parce que les méchants s'en servent quelquefois à nuire.

Hükümdar ya da yasac? olsayd?m, ne demek gerektiÄŸini söyleyip vaktimi boÅŸuna harcamaz, ya yapaca??m? yapar ya da susard?m.

Sería preciso que mi ser moral fuera aniquilada para que la justicia se me volviera indiferente. El espectáculo de la injusticia y de la maldad hace aún que me hierva la sangre de cólera; los actos de virtud en que no veo ni fanfarronería ni ostentación me hacen siempre vibrar de alegría y todavía me arrancan dulces lágrimas.

Herhangi bir yarardan s?yr?lm?? gerçek, bir hak oluÅŸturmaz ve bu nedenle, onu saklayan yalan söylemiÅŸ olmaz.

Konunun içyüzünü, bildiklerimi yaln?zca adalet kurallar?na göre kullancak denli biliyor muyum? Dahas? var; baÅŸkalar?na borçlu bulunduklar?m?z?, yaln?zca gerçeÄŸe borçlu bulunduklar?m?z? gereÄŸince düÅŸündüm mü? Birini aldat?rken zarara düÅŸürmezsem, bu, kendime zarar vermiyorum demek midir? Kusursuz olmak için haks?zl?k etmemek yeter mi?

Le plus lent à promettre est toujours le plus fidèle à tenir.

Children's lies are therefore entirely the work of their teachers, and to teach them to speak the truth is nothing less than to teach them the art of lying. In your zeal to rule, control, and teach them, you never find sufficient means at your disposal. You wish to gain fresh influence over their minds by baseless maxims, by unreasonable precepts; and you would rather they knew their lessons and told lies, than leave them ignorant and truthful.

En vérité, je ne songeais guère à faire ni comme les autres ni autrement qu'eux. Je désirais sincèrement de faire ce qui était bien.

Could integrity be the daughter of ignorance? Could knowledge and virtue be incompatible? What consequences could we not draw from these opinions? But to reconcile these apparent contradictions, it is necessary only to examine closely the vanity and the emptiness of those proud titles which dazzle us and which we hand out so gratuitously to human learning.