Arthur Hugh Clough Quotes

A small lie, if it actually is a lie, condemns a man as much as a big and black falsehood. If a man will deliberately cheat to the amount of a single cent, give him opportunity and he would cheat to any amount.

I don't want to do anything that violates my own personal code of ethics and morals.

Compromise on ethical conduct is not an option.

He who purposely cheats his friend would cheat his God.

There are people who think that honesty is always the best policy. This is a superstition. There are times when the appearance of it is worth six of it.

He that departs with his own honesty For Vulgar , doth it too dearly buy.

To enjoy a good reputation, give publicly, and steal privately.

Honesty and wisdom are such a delightful pastime, at another person's expense!

I hate cheating. I won’t put up with it. I don’t do it myself.

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

There was no other God, religion, or lawful magistracy, than conscience, which teaches all men the precepts of Justice, to do no injury, to live honestly, and give everyone his due.

The price of dishonesty is self-destruction.

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

A person who is fundamentally honest doesn't need a code of ethics. The Ten Commandments and the Sermon on the Mount are all the ethical code anybody needs.

I lie, I cheat, and I steal.

White lies always introduce others of a darker complexion.

I'm telling you, I don't like cheaters.

… they seem to be such as would not swear, whore, nor be drunk, but they would lie, cozen and deceive.

If you do not know how to lie, cheat and steal, turn your attention to politics and learn.

Most of us in Congress steal our speeches.

Ronald Reagan is not a typical politician because he doesn't know how to lie, cheat, and steal. He's always had an agent for that.

To expect integrity or honesty in a politician is like trying to buy fish at a produce market.

They lied, they cheated, they stole, they had the power to do it and they did.

I never took a bribe. This is the truth, and there is no other.

No matter how small the dishonest deed is, at the end of the day, cheating is cheating.