Quotes About Honesty

true, but unkind anyway.

I walked slowly back to the baker, to give him a worn penny in return for a coarse half-burned loaf that hadn't been the loaf I'd made at all. He'd given a good loaf to one of his other customers, and kept a ruined one for us.

Oh, who am I lying to? My supply of grace wouldn't overflow an acorn cap.

Silence waits for truth to break it

If Europe had been blessed with more rulers with the human heart and the traits of honesty of ex-king Edward, for the past century, that unfortunate hemisphere now seething with greed, hate, lust, political connivance, and threats of war, would have a different and a better story to tell. A story in which Love and not Hate would rule. In

Insincere or false thinking is never great, however logical and brilliant it may be.

Face the facts squarely. Ask yourself definite questions and demand direct replies.

Few people, perhaps (not reckoning those who deliberately lie), have trained themselves to be accurate in what they say, or are so careful as to admit and state their liability to error, and from this common form of inaccuracy many untruths and misunderstandings arise.

I won't take my religion from any man who never works except with his mouth.

non ti fidare, ragazzo mio, di quelli che promettono di farti ricco dalla mattina alla sera. Per il solito, o sono matti o imbroglioni! Il Grillo-parlante a Pinocchio

Lapar, anakku... bukan alasan untuk mengambil sesuatu yang merupakan milik orang lain.. (hal. 93)

It's curious how easy it is to tell a piece of paper what you don't dare say to someone's face.

A good liar knows that the most efficient lie is always a truth that has had a key piece removed from it.

Everything can be forgiven in this world, save telling the truth.

If people thought a quarter of what they speak, this world would be heaven.

Hay pocas razones para decir la verdad, pero para mentir el número es infinito.

I prefer you like this, when you're in a foul mood, because you tell the truth.

Nunca te fíes de nadie, Daniel, especialmente de la gente a la que admiras. Ésos son los que te pegarán las peores puñaladas.

Time curses all, I thought, except the truth.

Time cures all, I thought, except the truth.

Why is it that the less one has to say the more one says it in the most pompous and pedantic way possible? Corelli asked. 'Is it to fool the world or just to fool themselves?

En esta vida se perdona todo menos decir la verdad.

The truth is what hurts.

The more you hide the truth, the quicker it finds you - Max, The Prince of Midst