honesty Quotes

Unlike grown ups, children have little need to deceive themselves.

If a man writes a book, let him set down only what he knows. I have guesses enough of my own.

There is nothing in the world more shameful than establishing one's self on lies and fables.

He who steals a little steals with the same wish as he who steals much, but with less power.

Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something.

Honesty is for the most part less profitable than dishonesty.

When someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time.

I would be a liar, a hypocrite, or a fool - and I'm not any of those - to say that I don't write for the reader. I do. But for the reader who hears, who really will work at it, going behind what I seem to say. So I write for myself and that reader who will pay the dues.

Politicians must set their aims for the high ground and according to our various leanings, Democratic, Republican, Independent, we will follow. Politicians must be told if they continue to sink into the mud of obscenity, they will proceed alone.

Exaggeration is truth that has lost its temper.