Quotes About Ethics

I sat still as stone with my fingers aching. I wanted to play, not listen. Want isn't strong enough a word. I was hungry for it, starved. I'm not proud of the fact that I thought about stealing his lute and leaving in the dark of the night.

Devi chuckled a bit. "Money is nice," she said, her eyes glittering. "But the world is full of things that people would never sell. Favors and obligation are worth far, far more.

My fear is, what is the larger effect of my book on the world and on the minds of the people who take the time to consume it? Am I contributing in a positive way to the overall kind of collective consciousness of people in the world? I worry about that.

Money is nice, but the world is full of things that people would never sell. Favors and obligation are worth far, far more.

You are not a goatherd. You are a student of the Lethani. My student. You should speak as a person of quality.

I decided that he was not an altogether bad fellow. I smiled back at him and for a second I almost felt guilty about how I'd written the receipt. I also felt guilty about the three pens I'd stolen, but only for a second. And since there was no convenient way to give them back, I stole a bottle of ink before I left.

Por qué? Porque el orgullo nos hace hacer cosas extrañas, y porque la generosidad debe recompensarse con generosidad. Pero sobre todo porque me pareció lo correcto, y eso ya es razón suficiente.

If a leg goes bad, you cut it off." She made a firm gesture with the flat of her hand, then picked up her slice of pudding and began to eat it with her fingers. "And some folk need killing. That's all there is to it.

And some folk need killing. That's all there is to it.

Anyone so lacking in empathy that he could systematically torment and physically degrade another should not be suffered to live.

The difference is between saying something TO a person and saying something ABOUT a person. The first might be rude but the second is always gossip".

There are names for people who take advantage of women who are not in full control of themselves, and none of those names will ever rightfully be applied to me.

I'm not particularly religious, but I do have a vestigial sense of propriety. And

Ella me enseñó que no debía hacer nada en privado de lo que no quisiera que se hablara en público

Por quê? Porque o orgulho é uma coisa estranha, e porque a generosidade merece ser retribuída com generosidade. Mas foi sobretudo por me parecer a coisa certa, e essa é uma razão suficiente.

Por quê? Porque o orgulho é uma coisa estranha, e porque a generosidade merece ser retribuída com generosidade. Mas foi sobretudo por me parece a coisa certa, e essa é uma razão suficiente.

few men acted even for their own good, let alone the good of others.

I knew that he was trying to do me a favor, and a few days ago I would have jumped at the opportunity for free shoes. But for some reason I didn't feel right about it. I quietly gathered up my things and left a pair of copper jots on his stool before I left. Why? Because pride is a strange thing, and because generosity deserves generosity in return. But mostly because it felt like the right thing to do, and that is reason enough.

There are names for people who take advantage of woman who are not in full control of themselves".

Rengen, hijo de Engen, tienes una amante a la que pagas para que se acueste contigo. Engañas y robas a tus empleados. Y aunque rezas en voz alta, no crees que yo, Tehlu, creara el mundo ni que vigile a todos los que vivís en él.

What do they do to students at the University who eavesdrop?" Bast asked curiously. "I haven't the slightest idea. I was never caught.

Decidí que el tipo no era tan mala persona. Le devolví la sonrisa y, por un instante, casi me sentí culpable por lo que había escrito en el recibo. También me sentí culpable por las tres plumas que le había robado, pero el malestar solo me duró unos segundos. Y como no había ninguna forma conveniente de devolvérselas, antes de marcharme le robé un tintero.

Ah, qué triste resultaba para un hombre cabal verse obligado a seguir caminos tan sinuosos! ¡Qué triste manchar de aquel modo tan sórdido lo más valioso que el hombree posee, su propio honor!

How awful, that an honest man should feel compelled to travel such crooked paths! How awful, that the most precious thing a man possesses, his own honor, should be sullied by such shabby dealings!