Quotes about Morality
Cheap editions of great books may be delightful, but cheap editions of great men are absolutely detestable
— Oscar Wilde
All sins, except a sin against itself, Love should forgive. All lives, save loveless lives, true Love should pardon.
— Oscar Wilde
There were moments when he looked on evil simply as a mode through which he could realize his conception of the beautiful.
— Oscar Wilde
It is very wrong to kill any one[.] Oh, I hate the cheap severity of abstract ethics!
— Oscar Wilde
My dear Arthur, I never talk scandal. I only talk gossip. What is the difference between scandal and gossip? Oh! Gossip is charming! History is merely gossip. But scandal is gossip made tedious by morality.
— Oscar Wilde
I never came across anyone in whom the moral sense was dominant who was not heartless, cruel, vindictive, log-stupid, and entirely lacking in the smallest sense of humanity. Moral people, as they are termed, are simple beasts.
— Oscar Wilde
Lord Illingworth told me this morning that there was an orchid there as beautiful as the seven deadly sins.
— Oscar Wilde
To be wealthy and honored in an unjust society is a disgrace.
— Confucius
Don't do unto others what you don't want done unto you.
— Confucius
The superior man understands what is right; the inferior man understands what will sell.
— Confucius
The scholar does not consider gold and jade to be precious treasures, but loyalty and good faith.
— Confucius
To be able under all circumstances to practice five things constitutes perfect virtue; these five things are gravity, generosity of soul, sincerity, earnestness and kindness.
— Confucius