Honesty and Dishonesty

Latin language proverbs and phrases about human honesty and conscience, as well as about dishonesty, bribery, fraud, corruption and vice.

Sincerity Gives Wings to Strength

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Candor dat viribus alas
Sincerity gives wings to strength.

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Celari vult sua furta Venus
Venus desires her thefts to be concealed.

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Corruptissima re publica plurimae leges (Tacitus)
In the most corrupt state are the most laws.

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Corruptio optimi pessima
The corruption of the best is the worst.

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Conscientia mille testes
Conscience is [as] a thousand witnesses.

Submitted by Latin Proverbs on 08/18/2009

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Vendidit hic auro patriam (Virgil, Aeneid)
He sold his country for gold.

Submitted by Latin Proverbs on 08/17/2009

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si finis bonus est, totum bonum erit
All is well that ends well.