Honesty Quotes
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Rich honesty dwells like a miser, Sir, in a poor house; as your pearl in your foul oyster.
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To stay in places and to leave, to trust, to distrust, to no longer believe and believe again, . . . to watch the snow come, to watch it go, to hear rain on a tent, to know where I can find what I want.
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One must not allow oneself to skid down to isolationism and unbridled economic egoism. ... The second possible mistake would be excessive interference into the economic life of the country. And the absolute faith into the all-mightiness of the state.
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A good conscience fears no witness, but a guilty conscience is solicitous even in solitude. If we do nothing but what is honest, let all the world know it. But if otherwise, what does it signify to have nobody else know it, so long as I know it myself? Miserable is he who slights that witness.
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Honesty in politics is the result of strength; hypocrisy is the result of weakness.
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Where I could not be honest, I never yet was valiant.
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Therefore, let me in honesty speak the truth about our epoch and people.
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Honesty is not only the best policy, it is rare enough today to make you pleasantly conspicuous.
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Honesty, capacity, and industry are nowhere more indispensable than in public employment.
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On his mounting the scaffold to be beheaded: 'I pray you, Master Lieutenant, see me safely up, and for my coming down, let me shift for myself.' To the executioner: 'Pick up thy spirits, Man, and be not afraid to do thyne office; my neck is very short; take heed, therefore thou strike not awry, for saving of thyne honesty.'
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Conversing with children is a fine art.... An art form that demands large amounts of both honesty and misdirection. Or maybe discretion is a better word.
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Every exaggeration of the truth once detected by others destroys our credibility and makes all that we do and say suspect.
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Freedom cannot always continue in comfort and convenience, cannot be assured without sacrifice, without truth and decency, without willingness to work, without downright honesty and honor, and readiness to keep the commandments and live within the law...there is no liberty without a real respect for law; no liberty if we forget God, or fail to remember the principles on which freedom is founded.
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What I've learned is that the most precious commodity you can have in a relationship is honesty, good or bad.
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I have always thought that if we began for one moment to say what we thought, society would collapse.
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A friend to honesty and a foe to crime.
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We try to instill a sense of fair play, a sense of honesty.
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I'm more into Neil Young and radical honesty.
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All stories should have some honesty and truth in them, otherwise you're just playing about.
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I grew up in New York, and I have that in me, that be-honest-at-all-costs, don't b.s. me attitude. I say, If you've got something to say about me, say it to my face. And then we'll either talk about it or fight about it.
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It is discouraging how many people are shocked by honesty and how few by deceit.
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We can exterminate Ku Kluxism better by recognizing their honesty and teaching them that they are wrong.
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I’d rather have a cup of coffee and a cigarette than live in all that honesty.
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For me, any fiction of nobles and swords necessarily has to be a story of corruption, injustice and savagely violent conflict - because any other treatment is going to have all the heft and realistic honesty of a bedtime fairy tale for five year olds.
