Quotes On Trust And Honesty Biography
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Fear brings forth truth, and fewer men speak truth by virtue of their honesty.
There is no well defined boundary line between honesty and dishonesty. The frontiers of one blend with the outside limits of the other, and he who attempts to tread this dangerous ground may be sometimes in the one domain and sometimes in the other. O. Henry
I hope I shall always possess firmness and virtue enough to maintain what I consider the most enviable of all titles, the character of an honest man. George Washington
The Question “Can I be honest with you?” often presages infliction of emotional pain. Colleen Swan
Nothing is at last sacred but the integrity of your own mind. Emerson
Fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities. Truth isn't. Mark Twain
If men would avoid that general language and general manner in which they strive to hide all that is peculiar, and would say only what was uppermost in their own minds, after their own individual manner, every man would be interesting. Emerson
Put a rogue in the limelight and he will act like an honest man. Napoleon
Festive alcohol sometimes leads to an excess of honesty. John Donne
When asked if you like a gift, it is often better to be kind than honest. Mary Shaw
There is nothing so powerful as truth, and often nothing so strange. Daniel Webster
Honesty is the only virtue we are born with and the first we lose. Bernice Atoll
Honesty is commendable alas, also the spear from the wicked tongue. Anne Herter
If you tell the truth you don't have to remember anything. Mark Twain
I had always been an honest man until my wife asked me if she looked fat in her new dress. Anon
If ever I said in grief or pride, I'd tired of honest things, I lied. Edna St. Vincent Millay.
Who speaks the truth stabs falsehood to the heart. James Russell Lowell
An honest man is true as is the carpenters dovetail. Quentin Dunn
A show of a certain amount of honesty is in any profession or business the surest way of growing rich. LA Bruyere
All truths that are kept silent become poisonous. Nietzsche
Doubt is the freedom of thought. Any claim to truth can be doubted. Alfred Vingy
I have no idea what the mind of a lowlife scoundrel is like, but I know what the mind of an honest man is like; it is terrifying. Abel Hermant
No human being will ever know the truth, for even if they happen to say it by chance, they would not even know they had done so. Xenophanes
He that resolves to deal with none but honest men must leave off dealing. Thomas Fuller
When a man assumes a public trust, he should consider himself as public property. Thomas Jefferson
Seek not abroad, for in the inner man dwells the truth. Augustine of Hippo
A truth transfixed me: for the first time I saw the truth as it is set out into song by so many poets, proclaimed as wisdom by so many thinkers. The truth - that love is the ultimate and highest goal to which man can aspire. Viktor E Frankl
Never explain; your friends do not need it, and your enemies will not believe you anyway. Elbert Hubbard
There is no permanent absolute unchangeable truth; what we should pursue is the most convenient arrangement of our ideas. Samuel Butler
Let us be true; this is the highest maxim of art and of life, the secret of eloquence and of virtue, and all moral authority. Henri Frederic Amiel
How often have I said to you that when you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth? Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
We ave to distrust each-other; it is the only defense against betrayal. Tennessee Williams
He that is faithful in that which is least is faithful also in much, and he that he is unjust in the least is unjust also in much. Bible Quote
Ethical axioms are found and tested not very differently from the axioms of science. Truth is what stands the test of experience. Einstein
Nothing indeed can be a stronger presumption of falsehood than the approbation of the multitude. David Hume
Life is a paradox. Every truth has its counterpart which contradicts it; and every philosopher supplies the logic his own undoing. Elbert Hubbard
This above all, to thine own self be true, and it must follow as the night the day, thou canst not then be false to any man. Shakespeare.
Nothing so completely baffles one who is full of trick and duplicity himself than straightforward and simple integrity in another. Charles Caleb Colton
Unless you are an excellent liar, it is always best to state the truth. John Shapiro
Truth often suffers more by the heat of its defenders than from the arguments of its opponents. William Penn
Indeed, the dictum that truth always triumphs over persecution is one of those pleasant falsehoods which men repeat after one another till they pass into commonplaces, but which all experience refutes. Quote from John Stuart Mill
To love truth for truth’s sake is the principal part of human perfection in this world, and the seed-plot of all other virtues. John Locke
A disputant no more cares for the truth than the sportsman for the hare. Alexander Pope
No man will completely believe in another man, but he will absolutely believe in his ideas. Matthew Schiller
The less said the bigger the truth; the more said the less; and only opinion is left. James Calder
During his presidential campaign, those who sought to undermine Grover Cleveland accused him of having fathered a child out of wedlock. Though there was some question as to his paternity, Cleveland paid to support the child. This revelation resulted in the rhyme, “Ma, Ma, where’s my pa?” Gone to the White House, ha, ha, ha!” When asked by his staff how to deal with this scandal, Cleveland said, “Tell the truth.” Much to the chagrin of his foes, this honesty earned Cleveland a great deal of public respect, assisting him in winning the presidential election. Quote ascribed to Cleveland
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