Quotes about Ethics
Reputation is what men and women think of us. Character is what God and the angels know of us.
— Thomas Paine
Every religion is good that teaches man to be good and I know of none that instructs him to be bad.
— Thomas Paine
Man cannot make principles, he can only discover them.
— Thomas Paine
Reputation is what men and women think of us; character is what God and angels know of us.
— Thomas Paine
Of more worth is one honest man to society and in the sight of God, than all the crowned ruffians that ever lived.
— Thomas Paine
Let it then be heard, and let man learn to feel that the true greatness of a nation is founded on principles of humanity, and not on conquest.
— Thomas Paine
I believe in the equality of man; and I believe that religious duties consist in doing justice, loving mercy, and endeavoring to make our fellow-creatures happy.
— Thomas Paine
It is not because right principles have been violated, that they are to be abandoned.
— Thomas Paine
Better is that sin which humbles me, than that duty which makes me proud.
— Thomas Watson
No flattery can heal a bad conscience, so no slander can hurt a good one.
— Thomas Watson
The jewel of faith is always put in the cabinet of a good conscience.
— Thomas Watson
As no flattery can heal a bad conscience, so no slander can hurt a good one.
— Thomas Watson