Rex Ryan Quotes

You can know a person is a good person or a bad person by who they are, not by what they look like.

We do not despise all those who have vices, but we do despise those that have no virtue.

Oh, 'tis not my qualities they object to! 'Tis my lack of vice.

Conscience has no more to do with gallantry than it has with politics.

The difference is too nice - Where ends the virtue or begins the vice.

It is almost impossible to imagine that any one could be so insensible to the high morality of Mr. Mill's character as to suggest to him any course of conduct that was not entirely upright and consistent.

There is no moral precept that does not have something inconvenient about it.

A man is not good or bad for one action.

Time alone reveals the just man; but you might discern a bad man in a single day.

Evil, by definition, is that which endangers the good, and the good is that which we perceive as a value.

Only a man's character is the real criterion of worth

It's difficult in the abstract to appreciate that those with morally objectionable viewpoints can still be good people.

The virtues and vices are all put in motion by interest.

Hypocrisy is an homage that vice renders to virtue.

"Taste is not only a part and index of morality, it is the only morality. The first, and last, and closest trial question to any living creature is "What do you like?" Tell me what you like, I'll tell you what you are."

The most glorious exploits do not always furnish us with the clearest discoveries of virtue or vice in men.

I believe in good, having morals, be a decent person.

I was good and bad, but never wicked.

Temptations make one very censorious. If you are virtuous you condemn the wicked and if you are wicked, you condemn the virtuous.

The difference between weakness and wickedness is much less than people suppose; and the consequences are nearly always the same.

Conscience serves us especially to judge of the actions of others.

She only maintains that it is possible, under some circumstances, for a lady to murder her husband; but that a woman who wears ankle-strap shoes and smokes on the street corner, though she may be a joy to all who know her and have devoted her life to charity, could never qualify as a lady.

never judge anyone by their appearance, or the car they drive, or the house they live in, or even by the words they say. judge people by their actions. that's how you know whether they're bad or good." - perfect Summer

Never trust a man who has not a single redeeming vice.

To know the good from the bad, measure the heart. Actions reveal the true coloring of one's heart, not their intentions.