With people of limited ability modesty is merely honesty. But with those who possess great talent it is hypocrisy.
Arthur SchopenhauerHonesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom.
Thomas JeffersonFrom your confessor, lawyer and doctor, hide not your case on no condition. [Is this a way of saying that honesty is the best policy?]
John HaringtonI will fight for budget honesty and eliminating the deficit to reduce the transfer of debt to younger generations.
Roscoe BartlettHe that fails in his endeavors after wealth or power will not long retain either honesty or courage.
Samuel JohnsonConcentration is my motto - first honesty, then industry, then concentration.
Andrew CarnegieHonesty 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 BillingsMen are able to trust one another, knowing the exact degree of dishonesty they are entitled to expect.
Stephen Butler LeacockFor the merchant, even honesty is a financial speculation.
Charles BaudelaireHe that departs with his own honesty
For vulgar praise, doth it too dearly buy
Ben JonsonYou will reciprocally promise love, loyalty and matrimonial honesty. We only want for you this day that these words constitute the principle of your entire life and that with the help of divine grace you will observe these solemn vows that today, before God, you formulate
Pope John Paul III'd need an incredibly talented make up artist to make me look natural! [Honesty from Donatella]
Donatella VersaceIf all mankind were suddenly to practice honesty, many thousands of people would be sure to starve
Georg LichtenbergRegardless of the moral issue, dishonesty in advertising has proved very unprofitable
Leo BurnettThe secret of life is honesty and fair dealing. If you can fake that, you've got it made.
Groucho MarxAll other knowledge is hurtful to him who has not honesty and good-nature
MontaigneHonesty needs no disguise nor ornament; be plain
Thomas OtwayThe best measure of a man's honesty isn't his income tax return. It's the zero adjust on his bathroom scale.
Arthur C ClarkeWith all their faults, trade unions have done more for humanity than any other organization of men that ever existed. They have done more for decency, for honesty, for education, for the betterment of the race, for the developing of character in man, than any other association of men.
Clarence DarrowHonesty is like an icicle; if once it melts that is the end of it
AnonymousHonesty is a good
thing but
it is not profitable to
its possessor
unless it is
kept under control.
Don MarquisIt's discouraging to think how many people are shocked by honesty and how few by deceit.
Noel CowardI believe honesty comes across in music because for [most] people music isn't just something to dance to.
Willa FordMaking resolutions is a cleansing ritual of self-assessment and repentance that demands personal honesty and, ultimately, reinforces humility. Breaking them is part of the cycle.
Eric ZornTreat those who are good with goodness, and also treat those who are not good with goodness. Thus goodness is attained. Be honest to those who are honest, and be also honest to those who are not honest. Thus honesty is attained...
Lao TzuEvery act of dishonesty has at least two victims: the one we think of as the victim, and the perpetrator as well. Each little dishonesty makes another little rotten spot somewhere in the perpetrator's psyche.
Lesley CongerThey envy the distinction I have won; let them therefore, envy my toils, my honesty, and the methods by which I gained it.
SallustHonesty is as rare as a man without self-pity.
Stephen Vincent BenetI just hope, in all honesty, that Steve will walk if he hits it, you know what I mean? I would hate to be bringing up my bent finger as a controversial decision. I hope he'll go nice and easy - caught in the covers or bowled middle stump. I just hope he doesn't get his pads in the way or his bat's wide enough to get a thin edge [on Steve Waugh's last innings]
Billy BowdenActing is all about honesty. If you can fake that, you've got it made.
George BurnsUnfaithfulness in the keeping of an appointment is an act of clear dishonesty. You may as well borrow a person's money as his time.
Horace MannThe more honesty a man has the less he affects the air of a saint
Johann Lavater Solitaire is the only thing in life that demands absolute honesty.
Hugh WheelerConfidence... thrives on honesty, on honor, on the sacredness of obligations, on faithful protection and on unselfish performance. Without them it cannot live.
Franklin D RooseveltI've done more harm by the falseness of trying to please than by the honesty of trying to hurt
Jessamyn WestCommend a fool for his wit, or a rogue for his honesty and he will receive you into his favour.
Henry Fielding
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