Miguel de Cervantes Quotes

It is the public scandal that offends; to sin in secret is no sin at all.

A great party is not to be brought down because of a scandal by a woman of easy virtue ...

To create a public scandal is what's wicked; to sin in private is not a sin.

I never wonder to see men wicked, but I often wonder to see them not ashamed.

It is not easy to do something good, but it is extremely difficult to do something bad.

Shun all vice, especially card playing.

To those whose God is honor; only disgrace is a sin.

In any profession, there's a sleazy side and an honorable side.

Piety is the most solid goodness, and the vilest of what is evil is vice.

Obviously, you don't have to be religious to be moral, and beastly people are sometimes religious.

In every extreme there is vice and not virtue.

In Washington, and wherever two or more politicians may gather, he who does not get caught has ‘character’ and he who gets caught has none..

To me, evil comes when you have a choice between that and good, and you choose the wrong way.

I cannot tolerate immorality.

I like evil people.

It is the function of vice to keep virtue within reasonable bounds.

When virtue is at liberty, so to some extent is vice.

I thank God that I left office the same way I came in: with integrity.

Good government is the outcome of private virtue.

In order to know virtue, we must first acquaint ourselves with vice.

Every day confirms my opinion on the superiority of a vicious life - and if Virtue is not its own reward I don't know any other stipend annexed to it.

There is the moral spectrum in 'Fargo,' and you see it in other Coen brothers movies, where you have a very good character on one end and a very bad character on the other.

Bad company corrupts good character.

If there is no God, why bother to tell the truth? Why not steal?

Reputation is what men and women think of us; character is what God and angels know of us.