Marcus Tullius Cicero Quotes

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.

Throughout my life, I have always tried to do what is right.

I have friends and family that are filled with massive amounts of integrity. And it shouldn't be an oddity.

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

The just man walks in his integrity

I myself have constantly refused to print anything that might countenance vice or promote immorality, though … I might have gotten much money.

For he who is honest is noble, Whatever his fortunes or birth.

A hero must be honorable, must have honor. And you can't have honor if you're a liar. There is no honor in lying.

Who, under pressing temptations to lie, adheres to truth, nor to the profane betrays aught of a sacred trust, is near the summit of wisdom and virtue.

I choose goodness... I will go without a dollar before I take a dishonest one. I will be overlooked before I will boast. I will confess before I will accuse. I choose goodness.

Honesty is nothin' compared to decency.

Integrity is what you do when no one is watching; its doing the right thing all the time, even when it may work to your disadvantage.

You know something? I'm decent! There isn't a great deal of decency in the world, especially in our business, and I'm one of the few really decent ladies around.

But goodness alone is never enough. A hard, cold wisdom is required for goodness to accomplish good. Goodness without wisdom always accomplishes evil.

There never was a truly great man that was not at the same time truly virtuous.

There is no principle worth the name if it is not wholly good.

Let us be true: this is the highest maxim of art and of life, the secret of eloquence and of virtue, and of all moral authority.

A good man, is a good man, whether in this church, or out of it.

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

A man should be upright, not be kept upright.

Successful and fortunate crime is called virtue.

Being good is just a matter of temperament in the end.

Elegance is inferior to virtue.

Make yourself an honest man, and then you may be sure there is one less rascal in the world.

An honest man's the noblest work of God.