Quotes about Ethics
The greater a man is in power above others, the more he ought to excel them in virtue. None ought to govern who is not better than the governed.
— Publilius Syrus
When a man is old enough to do wrong he should be old enough to do right also.
— Oscar Wilde
Sin is a thing that writes itself across a man's face. It cannot be concealed.
— Oscar Wilde
Man is made for something better than disturbing dirt.
— Oscar Wilde
The man with a clear conscience probably has a poor memory.
— Oscar Wilde
The world is upheld by the veracity of good men: they make the earth wholesome.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
It matters not how a man dies, but how he lives.
— Samuel Johnson
Never trust a man who says he is only a little crooked, and that the crookedness is exercised in your interest.
— Theodore Roosevelt
By the divine providence [animals] are intended for man's use... Hence it is not wrong for man to make use of them, either by killing or in any other way whatsoever.
— St. Thomas Aquinas
If a man deliberately abstains from wine to such an extent that he does serious harm to his nature, he will not be free from blame.
— St. Thomas Aquinas
God grant that men of principle shall be our principal men.
— Thomas Jefferson
The moral sense, or conscience, is as much part of a man as his leg or arm. It is given to all in a stronger or weaker degree.. It may be strengthened by exercise.
— Thomas Jefferson