Quotes About Honesty

A man may smile and bid you hail Yet wish you to the devil; But when a good dog wags his tail, You know he's on the level.

Men are sometimes hanged for telling the truth.

You may tell a man thou art a fiend, but not your nose wants blowing; to him alone who can bear a thing of that kind, you may tell all.

The more honesty a man has, the less he affects the air of a saint.

To be pure in heart is to take no delight in cunning, but converse sincerely with men, and express nothing, by word or look, which is not felt in the heart.

That soul that can Be honest is the only perfect man.

I'm not a gambling-man. I have never bet a dollar in all my life.

Lest men suspect your tale untrue, Keep probability in view.

If any of you ... have a mind to make himself heard a mile off, you must make a bonfire of your reputations, and a close enemy of most men who would wish you well.

Let a man be ne'er so wise, he may be caught with sober lies.

Words were not given to man in order to conceal his thoughts.

Power tempts even the best of men to take liberties with the truth.

I love a straightforward character. I am the guy who loves Cyclops on the 'X-Men', because he is square.

A lot of boys will let me down but a real man wouldn't do it like that.

Few men have depth enough to hear or tell the truth.

There is no more light in a genius than in any other honest man - but he has a particular kind of lens to concentrate this light into a burning point.

Men do not change; they unmask themselves.

Beware of the virtue which a man boasts is his.

Unless a man feels he has a good enough memory, he should never venture to lie.

We men do nothing but lie and make ourselves important. Speech was invented for the purpose of magnifying all of our sensations and impressions — perhaps so that we could believe in them.

I do not play games, but always just say what's on my mind. Ostentatious modesty - for fools. If a man afraid of your honesty, it means that he is not the one you need.

Tobacco is the passion of honest men and he who lives without tobacco is not worthy of living.

Public esteem is the recompense of honest men.

If you say you're going to trust your man, then trust your man. Don't revoke that privilege when he needs it most.