“There is no evil that does not promise inducements. Avarice promises money; luxury, a varied assortment of pleasures; ambition, a purple robe and applause. Vices tempt you by the rewards they offer.” DoeEvilPleasurePromiseOffersAmbitionRewardsVicesLuxuryPurpleApplauseAvariceRobes Author:Seneca the Younger
“If you have not chosen me by secret ballot, neither have I gained office by any secret promises. I have not campaigned either for the Presidency or the Vice Presidency. I have not subscribed to any partisan platform. I am indebted to no man, and only to one womanmy dear wifeas I begin this very difficult job.” IfsMenJobsDifficultSecretPromiseOfficeDearVicesChosenPlatformsPresidencyPartisansBallotsIndebted Author:Gerald R. Ford
“That virtue therefore which is but a youngling in the contemplation of evil, and knows not the utmost that vice promises to her followers, and rejects it, is but a blank virtue, not a pure; her whiteness is but an excremental whiteness.” KnowsEvilVirtuePromisePureVicesContemplationRejectsFollowersBlankWhiteness Author:John Milton
“Every brave man is a man of his word; to such base vices he cannot stoop, and shuns more than death the shame of lying.” MenLyingPromiseShameBraveVicesBrave ManStoops Author:Pierre Corneille