Publilius Syrus Quotes

This is the danger, when vice becomes a precedent.

Eddie had the perfect template of what not to do. His big brother did all the wrong things.

A lot of people say television holds up a mirror to life, and that's why you see all the drug busts and the killings and the seamier side of life. I personally take the view that it's not sufficient to portray only negative role models. It's not enough to say 'no' to drugs. What do you say 'yes' to?

Any time there is a lot of money or ego involved, people tend to behave badly.

Nixon was so crooked that he needed servants to help him screw his pants on every morning.

The government is promoting bad behavior.

If everybody in this town connected with politics had to leave town because of chasing women and drinking, you would have no government.

Children may be born angels, but with all the temptations out there in the world, it takes work to try to keep them that way.

Of what use is the memory of facts, if not to serve as an example of good or of evil?

It was easy to be the bad guy throughout.

We are far more liable to catch the vices than the virtues of our associates.

It is a proof of our natural bias to evil, that gain is slower and harder than loss in all things good; but in all things bad getting is quicker and easier than getting rid of.

Bad conduct soils the finest ornament more than filth.

His lack of education is more than compensated for by his keenly developed moral bankruptcy.

There are people who say, 'Oh, he's a crook.' But I'm not a crook.

DiCaprio's life is the perfect example of how not to be. I would not wish his life on anybody.

In this administration, a place can be found for every bad man.

It isn’t easy, but I guess I can understand why the good citizens of the hill country might let themselves be represented in Washington by a man who drinks too much. It isn’t easy, but I guess I can even understand why the good citizens of the hill country might even let themselves be represented by a man in Washington who carouses with city women while his wife and children are back here working the land. But, as God is my witness, I will never understand why the good people of the hill country would let themselves be represented by a man who takes female sheep up into the hills alone at night!

Pomp corrupts church officials

The first sign of corruption in a society ... is that the ends justify the means.

Bill Clinton is the most corrupt, the most amoral, the most despicable person I've ever seen in the presidency.

Great men are almost always bad men.

There are too many people with a Father Flanagan philosophy that there is no such thing as a bad boy. There are plenty of bad boys.

I did not wish to bribe myself.

A thug in a Congressman's suit.