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Honesty Quotes

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"Party honesty is party expediency."
Grover Cleveland
"Party honesty is party expediency."
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"Honesty is the rarest wealth anyone can possess, and yet all the honesty in the world ain't lawful tender for a loaf of bread."
Josh Billings
"Honesty is the rarest wealth anyone can possess, and yet all the honesty in the world ain't lawful tender for a loaf of bread."
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"Okay. Then...I can talk. Ask me something.""Okay." He laughs shakily in my ear. "Why is your heart racing Tris?"I cringe and say, "Well, I...I barely know you. I barely know you and I'm crammed up against you in a box, Four, what do you think?"..."Maybe you were cut out for Candor," he says, "because you're a terrible liar."
Veronica Roth
"Okay. Then...I can talk. Ask me something.""Okay." He laughs shakily in my ear. "Why is your heart racing Tris?"I cringe and say, "Well, I...I barely know you. I barely know you and I'm crammed up against you in a box, Four, what do you think?"..."Maybe you were cut out for Candor," he says, "because you're a terrible liar."
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"Sincerity may be humble but she cannot be servile."
George Byron
"Sincerity may be humble but she cannot be servile."
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"Anything well written with good language and clarity and honesty is worth doing. It comes out of the same tradition as Shakespeare."
Michael Moriarty
"Anything well written with good language and clarity and honesty is worth doing. It comes out of the same tradition as Shakespeare."
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"Confidence... thrives on honesty, on honor, on the sacredness of obligations, on faithful protection and on unselfish performance. Without them it cannot live."
Franklin D. Roosevelt
"Confidence... thrives on honesty, on honor, on the sacredness of obligations, on faithful protection and on unselfish performance. Without them it cannot live."
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"I've done more harm by the falseness of trying to please than by the honesty of trying to hurt."
Jessamyn West
"I've done more harm by the falseness of trying to please than by the honesty of trying to hurt."
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"Let deeds match words."
Titus Maccius Plautus
"Let deeds match words."
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"Honesty is never seen sitting astride the fence."
Lemuel K. Washburn
"Honesty is never seen sitting astride the fence."
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"There are quite a few honest songwriters out there writing about relationships and their own personality traits. But for some reason, once they step out of the bedroom, their honesty doesn't seem to come with them."
Billy Bragg
"There are quite a few honest songwriters out there writing about relationships and their own personality traits. But for some reason, once they step out of the bedroom, their honesty doesn't seem to come with them."
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"A liar deceives himself more than anyone, for he believes he can remain a person of good character when he cannot."
Richelle E. Goodrich
"A liar deceives himself more than anyone, for he believes he can remain a person of good character when he cannot."
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"Liars need to have good memories."
Algernon Sidney
"Liars need to have good memories."
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"I always like to reveal the fact that the emperor has no clothes. And children are best at that. They teach us how to see the world in that sense. They are without artifice; they see it for what it is. I am drawn to that ruthless honesty."
Mira Nair
"I always like to reveal the fact that the emperor has no clothes. And children are best at that. They teach us how to see the world in that sense. They are without artifice; they see it for what it is. I am drawn to that ruthless honesty."
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"No matter how eloquently a dog may bark he cannot tell you that his parents were poor but honest."
Bertrand Russell
"No matter how eloquently a dog may bark he cannot tell you that his parents were poor but honest."
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"I must not say what I truly think, or you will tell me I flatter you-but I can only speak what I feel-and very often I cannot even do that when the feeling is very deep."
Marie Corelli
"I must not say what I truly think, or you will tell me I flatter you-but I can only speak what I feel-and very often I cannot even do that when the feeling is very deep."
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"Own your truths-all of them. Be honest. Be genuine. Be straightforward. Be refreshing!"
Susan C. Young
"Own your truths-all of them. Be honest. Be genuine. Be straightforward. Be refreshing!"
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"It's one thing to give out excellent advice, but quite another to personally swallow it."
Richelle E. Goodrich
"It's one thing to give out excellent advice, but quite another to personally swallow it."
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"Everyman has the ability to lie but luckily not everyman has the ability to hide their lies masterly!"
Mehmet Murat ildan
"Everyman has the ability to lie but luckily not everyman has the ability to hide their lies masterly!"
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"There is nothing you will ever do that is more important than being honest about who you really are."
Bryant McGill
"There is nothing you will ever do that is more important than being honest about who you really are."
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"You surely remember your past when you rebuke me in honesty."
Toba Beta
"You surely remember your past when you rebuke me in honesty."
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"Still, one can be honest yet quite mistaken."
Criss Jami
"Still, one can be honest yet quite mistaken."
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"In God you come up against something which is in every respect immeasurably superior to yourself. Unless you know God as that-and, therefore, know yourself as nothing in comparison-you do not know God at all."
C. S. Lewis
"In God you come up against something which is in every respect immeasurably superior to yourself. Unless you know God as that-and, therefore, know yourself as nothing in comparison-you do not know God at all."
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"Almost any difficulty will move in the face of honesty. When I am honest I never feel stupid. And when I am honest I am automatically humble."
Hugh Prather
"Almost any difficulty will move in the face of honesty. When I am honest I never feel stupid. And when I am honest I am automatically humble."
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"There's hostility to lying, and there should be."
Bob Woodward
"There's hostility to lying, and there should be."
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"He that loseth his honesty hath nothing else to lose."
John Lyly
"He that loseth his honesty hath nothing else to lose."
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"That inner voice has both gentleness and clarity. So to get to authenticity, you really keep going down to the bone, to the honesty, and the inevitability of something."
Meredith Monk
"That inner voice has both gentleness and clarity. So to get to authenticity, you really keep going down to the bone, to the honesty, and the inevitability of something."
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"Nobody wants to tell a truth which harms himself."
Toba Beta
"Nobody wants to tell a truth which harms himself."
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"I feel honesty always works."
Bobby Unser
"I feel honesty always works."
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"All faults may be forgiven of him who has perfect candor."
Walt Whitman
"All faults may be forgiven of him who has perfect candor."
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"Concentration is my motto - first honesty, then industry, then concentration."
Andrew Carnegie
"Concentration is my motto - first honesty, then industry, then concentration."
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"I am not cruel -only truthful."
Sylvia Plath
"I am not cruel -only truthful."
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"When you cut pieces out of the truth to avoid looking like a fool you end up looking like a moron instead."
Robin Hobb
"When you cut pieces out of the truth to avoid looking like a fool you end up looking like a moron instead."
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"Writers, all the good ones, are Natural Born Liars."
Daniel Keys Moran
"Writers, all the good ones, are Natural Born Liars."
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"Commend a fool for his wit, or a rogue for his honesty and he will receive you into his favor."
Henry Fielding
"Commend a fool for his wit, or a rogue for his honesty and he will receive you into his favor."
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"Speaking one's mind once is more honorable than quoting a thousand men."
Mokokoma Mokhonoana
"Speaking one's mind once is more honorable than quoting a thousand men."
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"It was a department where you had honesty and integrity stamped right on you when you came into the Los Angeles Police Department. If you violated that, or if you were a dishonest cop, you were terrible. We got rid of you as quickly as possible."
Daryl Gates
"It was a department where you had honesty and integrity stamped right on you when you came into the Los Angeles Police Department. If you violated that, or if you were a dishonest cop, you were terrible. We got rid of you as quickly as possible."
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"They deem him their worst enemy who tells them the truth."
Plato
"They deem him their worst enemy who tells them the truth."
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"When you speak, be sure of what you are speaking. Don't be rambling full of words that have no integrity or truth. Nobody wants to confide in you when they doubt what you say. If you are filled with untruths, those characteristics make it hard for anyone to believe in you."
Amaka Imani Nkosazana
"When you speak, be sure of what you are speaking. Don't be rambling full of words that have no integrity or truth. Nobody wants to confide in you when they doubt what you say. If you are filled with untruths, those characteristics make it hard for anyone to believe in you."
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"You are lost because you have not been being honest with yourself, and your life is largely unexamined and unexerted."
Bryant McGill
"You are lost because you have not been being honest with yourself, and your life is largely unexamined and unexerted."
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"I respect people who hate me honestly."
Toba Beta
"I respect people who hate me honestly."
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"Honesty is as much saying everything as it is saying what is true."
Richard Snelling
"Honesty is as much saying everything as it is saying what is true."
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"The truth only comes if you are willing to face some really unpleasant things about yourself."
Bryant McGill
"The truth only comes if you are willing to face some really unpleasant things about yourself."
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"Let us not be ashamed to speak what we shame not to think."
Michel de Montaigne
"Let us not be ashamed to speak what we shame not to think."
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"I won't lie-I don't."
Richelle E. Goodrich
"I won't lie-I don't."
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"Unfortunately in today's world a liar seems to be more reliable than a truthful honest man."
Munia Khan
"Unfortunately in today's world a liar seems to be more reliable than a truthful honest man."
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"I won't tolerate lying."
Vito Fossella
"I won't tolerate lying."
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"I do like men who come out frankly and own that they are not gods."
Louisa May Alcott
"I do like men who come out frankly and own that they are not gods."
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"Unfortunately, people who always tell the truth don't have many friends."
Eraldo Banovac
"Unfortunately, people who always tell the truth don't have many friends."
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"Truly, I would not hang a dog by my will, much more a man who hath any honesty in him."
William Shakespeare
"Truly, I would not hang a dog by my will, much more a man who hath any honesty in him."
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"I think sincerity was my sole aesthetic and realism my experimental technique."
Edmund White
"I think sincerity was my sole aesthetic and realism my experimental technique."
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