Quotes About Ethics

The vices of the rich and great are mistaken for error; and those of the poor and lowly, for crimes.

Aristotle was once asked what those who tell lies gain by it. Said he, That when they speak truth they are not believed.

Chilo advised, not to speak evil of the dead.

the history of ethics and aesthetics,—all these and many other matters remain obscure.

Have you ever asked yourself, do monsters make war, or does war make monsters?

You think good people can't hate?" she asked. "You think good people don't kill?"[...}"Good people do all the things bad people do, Lazlo. It's just that when they do them, they call it justice.

What can a soldier do when mercy is treason, and he is alone in it?

The choice I mean is to protect our own innocents from the seraphim, instead of slaughtering theirs." "There are no innocent seraphim, said the wolf." "That's what they say when they kill our children.

To stay true in the face of evil is a feat of strength.

It's not stalking if you don't follow them home, right?

Here is a great man, and also a good one, though few men are ever both.

Good little girls don't stab their nurses and drag toddlers over their corpses in order to save their lives. Good little girls don't kill. They die. And Minya was not a good little girl.

And just so you know, the invaders are always the bad guys. Always.

The thing is, you throw brains and souls into an animal and stir, you don't really know what you're going to get.

Kindly confirm: If someone's evil, then killing them isn't murder. It's SLAYING, and not only legal but encouraged. Correct?

Battle not with monsters lest you become a monster, and if you gaze into the abyss, the abyss gazes also into you.' Nietzsche, you know. Exceptional mustache.

You can't atone for taking one life by saving another. What good does that do the dead?" "The dead," she said. "And we have plenty of dead between us, but the way we act, you'd think they were corpses hanging on to our ankles, rather than souls freed to the elements.

Ziri spürt Hoffnung. Eine Hoffnung, die er gut kennt und die er verachtet: die hässliche, schwarze Hoffnung, man könnte dadurch, dass man andere tötet, selbst länger leben.

Feltetted-e valaha magadnak a kérdést, hogy a szörnyek csinálják a háborút, vagy a háború csinálja a szörnyeket?

She never would, either, unless she earned it, and she knew too well how humans earned wishes. Chiefly: hunting, graverobbing, and murder.

You think good people can't hate?" she asked. "You think good people don't kill?

Tengo un presentimiento sobre Zuzana. Creo que no es buena o mala, si no las dos cosas -la mezcla perfecta de ambas, un enroscado cono de helado de bondad y maldad.

Good people do all the things bad people do Lazlo. It's just that when they do them, they call it justice.

Har du någonsin frågat dig om det är monster som skapar krig eller kriget som skapar monster? (s. 115).