11 Ovid Quotes on Ethics

Ovid quotes on ethics

3. Exitus acta probat.

8. It is annoying to be honest to no purpose.

25. Video meliora, proboque, deteriora sequor.

31. A man is sorry to be honest for nothing.

34. All things may corrupt when minds are prone to evil.

36. An evil life is a kind of death.

43. Cunning leads to knavery. It is but a step from one to the other, and that very slippery. Only lying makes the difference; add that to cunning, and it is knavery.

57. Had I not sinned what would there be for you to pardon. My fate has given you the opportunity for mercy.

71. Men do not value a good deed unless it brings a reward.

74. No man can purchase his virtue too dear, for it is the only thing whose value must ever increase with the price it has cost us. Our integrity is never worth so much as when we have parted with our all to keep it.

82. The high-spirited man may indeed die, but he will not stoop to meanness. Fire, though it may be quenched, will not become cool.