Quotes About Ethics

A SWORD IS NEVER A KILLER, IT IS A TOOL IN THE KILLER'S HANDS." —Seneca

It can be a sin to tell an untimely truth.

The greatest incitement to guilt is the hope of sinning with impunity.

Wickedness consists in the very hesitation about an act, even though it be not perpetrated.

Guilt is present in the very hesitation, even though the deed be not committed.

Let flattery, the handmaid of the vices, be far removed.

A man's own manner and character is what most becomes him.

There is no statement so absurd that no philosopher will make it

A thankful heart is not only the greatest virtue, but the parent of all the other virtues.

The absolute good is not a matter of opinion but of nature.

The evil implanted in man by nature spreads so imperceptibly, when the habit of wrong-doing is unchecked, that he himself can set no limit to his shamelessness.

The people's good is the highest law.

The strictest law often causes the most serious wrong.

There are some duties we owe even to those who have wronged us. There is, after all, a limit to retribution and punishment.

There is no being of any race who, if he finds the proper guide, cannot attain to virtue.

There is no duty more obligatory than the repayment of kindness.

si te estás aprovechando de una persona que está en inferioridad de condiciones, estás abusando.

But it's not enough to know right from wrong. You need the strength to do what's right, even when what you want most in the world is the wrong thing.

Maybe the hardest lesson Han had learned was that nobody is purely bad or good. Everybody seemed to be a mixture of both.

You need the strength to do what's right, even when what you want most in the world is the wrong thing.

It's not enough to do something. It's important to do the right thing.

Knowledge is power. In the wrong hands, knowledge is trouble.

Maybe the hardest lesson Han had learned was that nobody is purely bad or good. Everybody seemed to be a mixure of both.

Hastings sat back, extending his long legs. "It's not enough to do SOMETHING. It's important to do the RIGHT thing.