For a good cause, wrongdoing is virtuous. Honesta turpitudo est pro causa bona. Publilius Syrus Sententiae Buy a book containing the Sententiae at Amazon Buy a book containing the Sententiae at Amazon Instagram sharing coming soon. Quote text and source copied to clipboard. Link to this quote copied to clipboard. More information about this quote Topic End justifies the means Wrongdoing Moral relativism Author Publilius Syrus Source Sententiae Medium Epigram Language Latin Time 43 BC 40s BC 1st century BC Era Classical antiquity Occupation Writer From Turkey Europe Authentication Score 3 More information on Authentication Score coming soon. Citation Publilius Syrus. Sententiae. c. 1st century BC. Citation text copied to clipboard.
Another quote from Classical antiquity Then one of the twelve, called Judas Iscariot, went unto the chief priests, And said unto them, What will ye give me, and I will deliver him unto you? And they covenanted with him for thirty pieces of silver. Matthew 26:14-15 Show More Info Buy the Bible (KJV) at Amazon Buy the Bible (KJV) at Amazon Read this verse at Bible Hub Instagram sharing coming soon. Quote text and source copied to clipboard. Link to this quote copied to clipboard. More information about this quote Topic Betrayal Speaker Judas Source Gospel of Matthew The Bible Medium Scripture Genre Religious literature Statement Type Question Language Greek Time 60 60s 1st century Era Classical antiquity Authentication Score 3 More information on Authentication Score coming soon. Citation The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Matthew 26:14-15). Citation text copied to clipboard. Show Less Info
Another quote originally in Latin It therefore comes to pass that everyone is fond of relating his own exploits and displaying the strength both of his body and his mind, and that men are on this account a nuisance one to the other. Baruch Spinoza Ethics Show More Info Buy Ethics at Amazon Buy Ethics at Amazon Read Ethics at Project Gutenberg Instagram sharing coming soon. Quote text and source copied to clipboard. Link to this quote copied to clipboard. More information about this quote Topic Bragging and boasting Author Baruch Spinoza Source Ethics Medium Treatise Genre Philosophical literature Language Latin Time 1677 1670s 17th century Authentication Score 3 More information on Authentication Score coming soon. Original Citation Spinoza, Baruch. Ethica, Ordine Geometrico Desmonstrata [Ethics, Demonstrated in Geometrical Order]. 1677, pt. 3, prop. 55, note. Original citation text copied to clipboard. Current Citation Spinoza, Benedict. Ethics, translated by Michael Silverthorne and Matthew J. Kinser. Cambridge University Press, 2018, pt. 3, prop. 55, note. Current citation text copied to clipboard. Show Less Info