Henry David Thoreau Quotes

Truth is certainly a branch of morality and a very important one to society.

Honesty is for the most part less profitable than dishonesty.

All virtue is summed up in dealing justly.

The foundation of morality is to have done, once and for all, with lying.

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.

Never lie when the truth is more profitable.

Honesty prospers in every condition of life.

There is in the end no remedy but truth. It is the one course that cannot be evil.

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.

What's right is right, and what's wrong is wrong.

Justice is rather the activity of truth, than a virtue in itself. Truth tells us what is due to others, and justice renders that due. Injustice is acting a lie.

Honesty is the best policy; but he who is governed by that maxim is not an honest man.

All virtue is summed up by just dealing.

A man is not honest simply because he never had a chance to steal

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

I am a just man.

Justice can rarely exist without honesty.

I don't cheat.

Righteousness is on our side.

We need to look at truth. We need to look at justice, and we need to look at righteousness. And let that be our guide going forward.

You can't cheat an honest man.

Would that the simple maxim, that honesty is the best policy, might be laid to heart; that a sense of the true aim of life might elevate the tone of politics and trade till public and private honor become identical.

Successful and fortunate crime is called virtue.

I don't think lying has any ultimate justification. I don't think it ever leads to anything positive. The good fight to have is not to lie. That's one of the challenges in a way.

The integrity of men is to be measured by their conduct, not by their professions.