morality Quotes

History is only the register of crimes and misfortunes.

It is forbidden to kill; therefore all murderers are punished unless they kill in large numbers and to the sound of trumpets.

It is lamentable, that to be a good patriot one must become the enemy of the rest of mankind.

I know many books which have bored their readers, but I know of none which has done real evil.

Governments need to have both shepherds and butchers.

Let the punishments of criminals be useful. A hanged man is good for nothing; a man condemned to public works still serves the country, and is a living lesson.

To the wicked, everything serves as pretext.

The evil that men do lives after them; the good is oft interred with their bones.

If you prick us do we not bleed? If you tickle us do we not laugh? If you poison us do we not die? And if you wrong us shall we not revenge?

For I can raise no money by vile means.