Jean de la Bruyere Quotes

Successful and fortunate crime is called virtue.

Crime when it succeeds is called virtue.

Knowledge is but an instrument, which the profligate and the flagitious may use as well as the brave and the just.

The vices and the virtues are written in a language the world cannot construe; it reads them in a vile translation, and the translators are Failure and Success.

Of all the things of a man's soul which he has within him, justice is the greatest good and injustice the greatest evil.

Liberty, next to religion has been the motive of good deeds and the common pretext of crime.

Strength and success; they are above morality, above criticism. It seems then, that it is not what you do, but how you do it and what you call it.

To make your people understand what righteousness is, this must be the basis of all your teaching.

So always, if we look back, concern for face-to-face morality, and its modern emphasis on justice as well, have historically evolved as religious issues.

I want to show people how there are variations and different interpretations of good and evil.

What the statesman is most anxious to produce is a certain moral character in his fellow citizens, namely a disposition to virtue and the performance of virtuous actions.

There's no such thing as morality.

Honesty and integrity are absolutely essential for success in life - all areas of life. The really good news is that anyone can develop both honesty and integrity.

Every crime, even the most atrocious, may be justified.

Prosperity seldom chooses the side of the virtuous.

Civilization depends on morality.

The amiable is a duty most certainly, but must not be exercised at the expense of any of the virtues. He who seeks to do the amiable always, can only be successful at the frequent expense of his manhood.

Good character is more to be praised than outstanding talent.

And one of the elders of the city , said , speak to us of good and evil. And he answered : You are good in countless ways , and you are not evil when you are not good .

Good and evil are not like the Redskins and the Cowboys.

Goodness without wisdom always accomplishes evil.

Without Virtue there can be no liberty

True knowledge gives a moral standing and moral strength.

It is not enough merely possess virtue, as if it were an art; it should be practiced.

A good moral character is the first essential. It is highly important not only to be learned but to be virtuous.