W. H. Auden Quotes

A woman of honor should never suspect another of things she would not do herself.

Virtue must be valuable, if men and women of all degrees pretend to have it.

There are more honest people and more good people than there are thieves and bad people. It's just always been that way.

Purity is the feminine, truth the masculine of honor.

I still have great faith in what is good and right in all of us.

Remember, as long as you live, that nothing but strict truth can carry you through the world, with either your conscience or your honor unwounded.

Tis not what man Does which exalts him, but what man Would do!

There is no higher value in our society than integrity.

As far as critics, I'm not a hip guy. I was never on drugs. Nobody ever felt sorry for me 'cause I went straight or found God. I always had God. I've always like, played by the rules.

Put more trust in nobility of character than in an oath.

If honor were profitable, everybody would be honorable.

Few men have virtue to withstand the highest bidder.

Underlying all the explanations, intellectual constructions and self-delusions, we can still know a good man when we see one.

I was doing it for idealistic reasons. The reason I broke from the Russians is that they tried to bribe me.

Hearts are strongest when they beat in response to noble ideals.

I do not believe with the Rochefoucaults and the Montaignes that fourteen out of fifteen men are rogues. I believe a great abatement from that proportion may be made in favor of general honesty.

Alexander Hamilton is a man devoid of every moral principle.

It is not honorable to take a mere legal advantage, when it happens to be contrary to justice

Fidelity, Bravery, Integrity

He who does not need to lie is proud of not being a liar.

We value virtue but do not discuss it. The honest bookkeeper, the faithful wife, the earnest scholar get little of our attention compared to the embezzler, the tramp, the cheat.

Honor to a Spaniard, no matter how dishonest, is as real a thing as water, wine, or olive oil. There is honor among pickpockets and honor among whores. It is simply that the standards differ.

Truth is more praiseworthy than power.

No man knows the value of innocence and integrity but he who has lost them.

Honesty is wonderful, but I suspect it's also overrated.