Quotes about Ethics
Virtue cannot separate itself from reality without becoming a principle of evil.
— Albert Camus
There is a heroism in crime as well as in virtue. Vice and infamy have their altars and their religion.
— William Hazlitt
The superior man does not, even for the space of a single meal, act contrary to virtue. In moments of haste, he cleaves to it. In seasons of danger, he cleaves to it.
— Confucius
Silver and gold are not the only coin; virtue too passes current all over the world.
— Euripides
What most men call their conscience is imaginary virtue switching left or right according to self-interest.
— Vernon Howard
Reputation is rarely proportioned to virtue.
— Francis de Sales
Virtue is akin to holiness, an attribute of godliness.
— Ezra Taft Benson
If you can be well without health, you may be happy without virtue.
— Edmund Burke
Virtue is not left to stand alone. He who practices it will have neighbors.
— Confucius
Happiness lies neither in vice nor in virtue; but in the manner we appreciate the one and the other, and the choice we make pursuant to our individual organization.
— Marquis de Sade
Successful and fortunate crime is called virtue.
— Lucius Annaeus Seneca
Virtue could see to do what Virtue would by her own radiant light, though sun and moon where in the flat sea sunk.
— John Milton