“When a man is penalized for honesty he learns to lie.”
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Honesty Quotes
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Honesty Quotes
Source: Romola
Source: The Heart of The Matter
“Every time we tell a lie, the thing we fear grows stronger.”
Source: Five speeches delivered by the Rt. Hon. B. Disraeli, M.P., 1860-1864. Edited, with a preface, by a member of the University of Oxford [i.e. the Hon. Frederick Lygon, afterwards Earl Beauchamp].
Source: The Albert Einstein Collection: Essays in Humanism, The Theory of Relativity, and The World As I See It
Source: Clearing the ground
“Dare to be true. Nothing can need a lie: a fault which needs it most, grows two thereby.”
Source: Sacred Prolusions: Or, Select Pieces from Bishop Taylor and Mr. Herbert. By the Rev. John Wheeldon, ... With a Preface and a Discourse on Rev.xviii. 21. By the Editor
“The man who fears no truths has nothing to fear from lies.”
“Forcing yourself to think happy lies doesn't heal your dreams. Getting to the truth does.”
“Titles are marks of honest men, and wise; The fool or knave that wears a title lies.”
Source: The Poems of Edward Young ...
“No mask like open truth to cover lies, As to go naked is the best disguise.”
Source: A little book in C major
“If you steal from one author it's plagiarism; if you steal from many it's research.”
“The very spring and root of honesty and virtue lie in good education.”
“All lies and jests, still a man hears what he wants to hear and disregards the rest.”
“When truth is discovered by someone else, it loses something of its attractiveness.”
“A lie can travel half way around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes.”
“A truth that's told with bad intent beats all the lies you can invent.”
“If you tell the truth, you don't have to remember anything.”
Source: Mark Twain's Own Autobiography: The Chapters from the North American Review
“A man is never more truthful than when he acknowledges himself a liar.”
Source: Mark Twain at Your Fingertips: A Book of Quotations
“One of the most striking differences between a cat and a lie is that a cat has only nine lives.”
“It is better to offer no excuse than a bad one.”
Source: The Writings of George Washington: pt. IV. Letters official and private, from the beginning of his presidency to the end of his life: (v. 10) May, 1789-November, 1794. (v. 11) November, 1794-December, 1799
Source: To Green Angel Tower
“If you do not tell the truth about yourself you cannot tell it about other people.”
Source: Delphi Complete Works of Virginia Woolf (Illustrated)
Source: T2 Trainspotting