Ethics Quotes

"A sword never kills anybody; it is a tool" "Integrity has no need of rules" "Liberty is the right not to lie" "Do what is right, not what is easy nor what is popular." "The infliction of cruelty with a good conscience is a delight to moralists. That is why they invented Hell." "Without civic morality communities perish; without personal morality their survival has no value." "In any compromise between good and evil, it is only evil that can profit" "If there were no bad people, there would be no " "That which is hateful to you, do not do to your fellow. This is the whole Torah; the rest is the explanation" "You can't make a good deal with a bad person" "The object of the superior man is truth." "He who acts with a constant view to his own advantage will be much murmured against." "It is better to sometimes err through excess of mercy than to allow any cause for just reproach." "Each virtue is a vice if it proceeds from a false end " "It is better to be a human being dissatisfied than a pig satisfied" "A moderately bad man knows he is not very" "It is my belief that the truth is generally preferable to lies " "Not only must we be good, but we must also be good for something " "Virtue alone has majesty in death" "Idealism is the noble toga that political gentlemen drape over their will to power."