Quotes about Ethics

He that sweareth to his own hurt, and changeth not.

Curse not the king, no not in thy thought; and curse not the rich in thy bedchamber; for a bird of the air shall carry the voice, and that which hath wings shall tell the matter.

Thou shalt not muzzle the ox when he treadeth out the corn.

Always tell the truth. If you can't always tell the truth, don't lie.

Better one's own duty, [though] imperfect,Than another's duty well performed.

Whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart.And if thy right eye offend thee, pluck it out, and cast it from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, and not that thy whole body should be cast into hell.And if thy right hand offend thee, cut it off.

For the good that I would I do not: but the evil which I would not, that I do.

When a man dies they who survive him ask what property he has left behind. The angel who bends over the dying man asks what good deeds he has sent before him.

Thou shalt not move a sickle unto thy neighbor's standing corn.

Wherefore have ye rewarded evil for good?

All things are lawful for me, but all things are not expedient.

Rob not the poor, because he is poor: neither oppress the afflicted in the gate.