Aristophanes Quotes

Success gives the character of honesty to some classes of wickedness.

All the gold upon the earth and all the gold beneath it, does not compensate for lack of virtue.

Keep your hands clean and pure from the infamous vice of corruption, a vice so infamous that it degrades even the other vices thatmay accompany it. Accept no present whatever; let your character in that respect be transparent and without the least speck, for as avarice is the vilest and dirtiest vice in private, corruption is so in public life.

There are honest people in the world, but only because the devil considers their asking prices ridiculous.

I would say that today, dishonesty is the rule, and honesty the exception. It could be, statistically, that more people are honest than dishonest, but the few that really control things are not honest, and that tips the balance.

There were few who preferred honor to money.

What is the chief end of man?-to get rich. In what way?-dishonestly if we can; honestly if we must.

No man is really honest; none of us is above the influence of gain.

Corruption wins not more than honesty.

With integrity you have nothing to fear, since you have nothing to hide. With integrity you will do the right thing, so you will have no guilt. With fear and guilt removed you are free to be and do your best.

The [Kodak is] the only witness I have encountered in my long experience that I couldn't bribe.

What likelihood is there of corrupting a man who has no ambition?

It is impossible to deny that dishonest men often grow rich and famous, becoming powerful in their parish or in parliament. Their portraits grace shop windows; and they live and die respected. This success is theirs; yet it is not the success which a noble soul will envy.

How is it possible for those who are men of honor in their persons, thus to become notorious liars in their party

Our probity is not less at the mercy of fortune than our property.

Integrity is important in building relationships. And is the foundation upon which many other qualities for success are built, such as respect, dignity, and trust.

Above any commercial success one might enjoy, one's reputation for honesty is the most important thing

A righteous man hates lying, But a wicked man is loathsome and comes to shame.

There is no praise in being upright, where no one can, or tries to corrupt you.

Power brings a man many luxuries, but a clean pair of hands is seldom among them.

Let honesty be as the breath of thy soul; then shalt thou reach the point of happiness, and independence shall be thy shield and buckler, thy helmet and crown; then shall thy soul walk upright, nor stoop to the silken wretch because he hath riches, nor pocket an abuse because the hand which offers it wears a ring set with diamonds.

Every honest man will suppose honest acts to flow from honest principles, and the rogues may rail without intermission.

No public man can be just a little crooked. There is no such thing as a no-man's land between honesty and dishonesty.

Nothing of character is really permanent but virtue and personal worth.

To be great in our times too often means to have great prosperity and no moral magnanimity at all.