ethics Quotes

To prefer evil to good is not in human nature; and when a man is compelled to choose one of two evils, no one will choose the greater when he might have the less.

Good people do not need laws to tell them to act responsibly, while bad people will find a way around the laws.

Knowledge becomes evil if the aim be not virtuous.

Virtue is relative to the actions and ages of each of us in all that we do.

When there is an income tax, the just man will pay more and the unjust less on the same amount of income.

Any man may easily do harm, but not every man can do good to another.

To go to the world below, having a soul which is like a vessel full of injustice, is the last and worst of all the evils.

Honesty is for the most part less profitable than dishonesty.

Effective action is always unjust.

No man is justified in doing evil on the ground of expedience.