Scruple Quotes

24 quotes by 20 authors

One of the admirable features of British novelists is that they have no scruple about setting their stories in foreign settings with wholly foreign personnel. — James Buchan
Of a truth, Knowledge is power, but it is a power reined by scruple, having a conscience of what must be and what may be;… — George Eliot
A man of business will often deceive you without the slightest scruple, but he will absolutely refuse to commit a theft. — Arthur Schopenhauer
A man renowned for repartee will seldom scruple to make free with friendship's finest feeling, will thrust a dagger at your breast, and say he… — William Cowper
The greatest threat to mankind comes from the renunciation of individual scruple in favor of institutional denominators. . . . Real heroism lies, as it… — John le Carre
A man who is furnished with arguments from the mint, will convince his antagonist much sooner than one who draws them from reason and philosophy.… — Joseph Addison
What restrains us from killing is partly fear of punishment, partly moral scruple, and partly what may be described as a sense of humor — H. L. Mencken
Of a truth, Knowledge is power, but it is a power reined by scruple, having a conscience of what must be and what may be.… — George Eliot
Writing is conscience, scruple, and the farming of our ancestors. — Edward Dahlberg
He'll cheat without scruple, who can without fear. — Benjamin Franklin
Anatole France frankly advised, "When a thing has been said and said well, have no scruple. Take it and copy it." Yes, indeed, but do… — Gary Saul Morson
Spirits are not finely touched But to fine issues, nor Nature never lends The smallest scruple of her excellence But like a thrifty goddess she… — William Shakespeare
Everyone agrees that a secret should be kept intact, but everyone does not agree as to the nature and importance of secrecy. Too often we… — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
When a thing has been said and well, have no scruple. Take it and copy it. — Anatole France
To choose ways of not acting was ever the concern and scruple of my life. — Fernando Pessoa
I do not scruple to employ mendacity and a fictitious appearance of female incompetence when the occasion demands it. — Barbara Mertz
Yes, you know enough of my frankness to believe me capable of that. After abusing you so abominably to your face, I could have no… — Jane Austen
The terrible predicament of a beautiful girl is that only an experienced womanizer, someone cynical and without scruple, feels up to the challenge. More often… — Michel Houellebecq
If it comes to that," retorted Frederica, with spirt, " I am continually shocked by the things you don't scruple to say to me,cousin! You… — Georgette Heyer
And if these be unprincipled agents who scruple at nothing, he will be a bold man who will deny that there are always to be… — George Combe

Who Wrote These Scruple Quotes

20 authors contributed a total of 24 Scruple Quotes as follows: