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One day posterity will remember these strange times, when ordinary common honesty was called courage.
Everyone is a prisoner of his own experiences. No one can eliminate prejudices - just recognize them.
I have always thought that if we began for one moment to say what we thought, society would collapse.
The deterioration of every government begins with the decay of the principles on which it was founded.
It takes two seconds to tell the truth and it costs nothing. A lie takes time and it costs everything.
A show of a certain amount of honesty is in any profession or business the surest way of growing rich.
Many men have been capable of doing a wise thing, more a cunning thing, but very few a generous thing.
We need material development, but we need to understand that by itself it doesn't bring peace of mind.
One little lie or dishonest act leads to another until the perpetrator is caught in the web of deceit.
Above any commercial success one might enjoy, one's reputation for honesty is the most important thing
Honesty lies in understanding our close and necessary relationship with not wanting to hear the truth.
The woman who bore me is no longer alive, but I seem to be her daughter in increasingly profound ways.
The truth, or success, of any writer's story lies partly in its specificity and its emotional honesty.
The world changes in direct proportion to the number of people willing to be honest about their lives.
Philip Larkin has a tough honesty and sense of humor that I find irresistible, as a contemporary poet.
Not honesty alone, but the punctilio of an honor the most sensitive, is then the standard of behavior.
Men are able to trust one another, knowing the exact degree of dishonesty they are entitled to expect.
Likewise, every time somebody interjects to speak of my honesty there is someone who quivers inside me.
I would much prefer to suffer from the clean incision of an honest lancet than from a sweetened poison.
Real integrity is doing the right thing, knowing that nobody's going to know whether you did it or not.
I don't want to sign four films at a time, as acting is an art, and art cannot be done without honesty.
Living such an opaque life has forced me never to take transparency, openness, and honesty for granted.
When you do something with a lot of honesty, appetite and commitment, the input reflects in the output.
Remember, intimacy increases with honesty. Share less to keep people away and more to draw them closer.
Humor, humility, and, of course, honesty, all are qualities that work in public and cultural diplomacy.
There's no trust, No faith, no honesty in men; all perjured, All forsworn, all naught, all dissemblers.
He who prorogues the honesty of today till to-morrow will probably prorogue his to-morrows to eternity.
Honesty is the only way with anyone, when you'll be so close as to be living inside each other's skins.
Deceit is the mark of evil. Even if the evil messenger does not appear in person, the test is the same.
We can exterminate Ku Kluxism better by recognizing their honesty and teaching them that they are wrong.
All I'm ever looking for in my work in general is honesty and truth and people being real to themselves.
My personal opinion is that truth, like honesty and non-harmfulness, often are at odds with one another.
In common honesty, we must not conceal the fact that free forgiveness in one sense will cost everything.
Maybe the social value of truth is as a destination - so long as we do not assume we have arrived there.
To be honest with my music... for me to expect anyone to connect it has to come from a place of honesty.
When will our consciences grow so tender that we will act to prevent human misery rather than avenge it?
When I kissed you, you didn't mind. I thought I tasted of too many cigarettes, but you tasted like wine.
The foundation stones for a balanced success are honesty, character, integrity, faith, love and loyalty.
When the norm is decency, other virtues can thrive: integrity, honesty, compassion, kindness, and trust.
I don't think you could change my father; he is a very strong character. He believes totally in honesty.
Your fellow man is your mirror. If your own face is clean, the image you perceive will also be flawless.
People may or may not say what they mean... but they always say something designed to get what they want.
Honesty is often very hard. The truth is often painful. But the freedom it can bring is worth the trying.
One of the few things in life that cannot possibly do harm in the end is the honest pursuit of the truth.
Don't worry so much about your self-esteem. Worry more about your character. Integrity is its own reward.
I believe honesty comes across in music because for [most] people music isn't just something to dance to.
I'm very true to the old punk ethics of honesty and truthfulness and integrity... and still be authentic.
We swallow greedily any lie that flatters us, but we sip only little by little at a truth we find bitter.
If once you forfeit the confidence of your fellow-citizens, you can never regain their respect and esteem.
There are so many fools in the world for the devil to operate upon, it gives him the advantage oftentimes.