Quotes About Integrity

Primum non nocerum. (First do no harm)

J'ai toujours imaginé que la franchise et un certain amour de la vérité faisaient partie du fondement même de mon caractère. Or me voici impliqué dans une relation qui fait du mensonge, de la ruse et de la dissimulation des nécessités presque quotidiennes et à ma grande surprise, je découvre que je ne suis pas si mauvais que ça

Las mentes chatas acostumbran a estimar a un hombre según su posición económica. Yo sigo el camino opuesto y estimo la posición económica según el hombre

We are more inclined to regret our virtues than our vices; but only the very honest will admit this.

We are, largely, who we remember ourselves to be. That's why habits are so hard to break. If we know ourselves to be liars, we expect not to tell the truth. If we think of ourselves as honest, we try harder.

I don't lie," I lied.

Some promises aren't worth keeping.

He looks like the good boy he's never been.

I am no murderer," says Cardan, surprising me. I would not have thought that was something to be proud of.

Our promises don't matter. No one expects us to have any honor. Everyone knows we lie.

He closes his eyes. When he opens them, he releases my hand and turns so I cant see his face. ¨I can see why you thought what you did. I suppose I am not an easy person to trust. And maybe I ought not to be trusted, but let me say this: i trust you.¨ Page 162

It demeans you to cover rotten meat with honey. I know what I am. What would you want with a monster?" "Everything.

All boys lie," Ben said. "And all girls lie,too. I lie. You lie. Don't pretend you don't.

I wish I could say I was sorry, that I wanted to be honest the whole time, but I didn't. I never wanted to be honest. I just wanted what I told you to be the truth.

He was as honest as any criminal can hope to be.

I have asked you to lie to me in the past, in this very room, but I would beg you not to lie now.

One doesn't have to lie to deceive.

If you were willing to trade him away, even for an hour, then you don't deserve him. I'll keep them both to raise as my own and let that be our judgment on you for breaking and oath with us. (pg. 9)

We make art. We do not feel the need to cut things apart to see what they're made of.

I cannot lie. I cannot deny you. Page 305

If you were going to get someone's soul, Call thought, it would be nice if you also got their superior penmanship.

You were mad at me for lying to you. Don't lie to us now.

Have you ever heard that virtue is its own reward?' Cardan says pleasantly. 'That's because there's no other reward in it.

I am not drinking that," Jasper said. "I am a deWinter. We do not froth.