"The best of all lost arts is honesty."

Honesty, Art, Lost, Values

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"All faults may be forgiven of him who has perfect candor."

Walt Whitman, American Poet

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"My past conduct was so transparent and so honest that when my enemies spread rumours about me nobody believed them."

Amit Kalantri, Indian Author

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"Even from the point of view of coquetry, pure and simple," he had told her, "can't you see how much of your attraction you throw away when you stoop to lying?"

Marcel Proust, French Author

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"I thought that when I spilled one secret, the rest would come tumbling after, but openness is a habit you form over time, and not a switch you flip whenever you want to, I'm finding."

Veronica Roth, American Author

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"It is so unkind--' 'Perhaps. But sometimes a compulsion comes over one to speak the truth!"

Agatha Christie, English Writer

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"Part of growing up was learning not to be quite that honest - learning when it was better to lie, rather than to hurt someone with the truth."

Jodi Picoult, American Novelist

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"Don't. Don't let's pretend when there's no one around."

Suzanne Collins, American Novelist

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"It is far better to know the painful truth than to live with a kindly falsehood."

Lois Greiman, American Author

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"I am not good at deception,' said Tuesday gloomily, flushing.Right, my boy, right,' said the President with a ponderous heartiness, 'You aren't good at anything."

Gilbert K. Chesterton, English Writer

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"If they substituted the word 'Lust' for 'Love' in the popular songs it would come nearer the truth."

Sylvia Plath, American Poet

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"Hain't we got all the fools in town on our side? And ain't that a big enough majority for any town?"

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"The air up there in the clouds is very pure and fine, bracing and delicious. And why shouldn't it be?--it is the same the angels breathe."

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"In Paris they simply stared when I spoke to them in French I never did succeed in making those idiots understand their own language."

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"When we remember we are all mad, the mysteries disappear and life stands explained."

Wisdom

"It could probably be shown by facts and figures that there is no distinctly native criminal class except Congress."

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"When I was younger, I could remember anything, whether it had happened or not; but my faculties are decaying now and soon I shall be so I cannot remember any but the things that never happened. It is sad to go to pieces like this but we all have to do it."

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"It's considered good sportsmanship not to pick up lost golf balls while they are still rolling."

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"There is no sadder sight than a young pessimist."

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