Quotes about Honesty

It's just as well for two fellows to know the worst of one another before they begin to live together.

Tell us the truth, for there lies your only hope of safety.

No good can ever come of falsehood

If we suspect that a man is lying, we should pretend to believe him; for then he becomes bold and assured, lies more vigorously, and is unmasked.

whoever attributes no merit to himself because he really has none is not modest, but merely honest.

If your abilities are only mediocre, modesty is mere honesty; but if you possess great talents, it is hypocrisy.

I learned so much from listening to people. And all I knew was, the only thing I had was honesty and openness.

Once it was easy to know who were my people... I do not believe our wants have made all our lies holy.

More than twenty years later I meet Muriel at a poetry reading at a women's coffee-house in New York. Her voice is still soft, but her great brown eyes are not. I tell her, "I am writing an unfolding of my life and loves." "Just make sure you tell the truth about me," she says.

The worst guilt is to accept an unearned guilt.

A rational man never distorts or corrupts his own standards and judgment in order to appeal to the irrationality, stupidity, or dishonesty of others.

Let us destroy, but don't let us pretend that we are commiting an act of virtue.