Quotes About Honesty

Nobody can feel more compassion for a fibber than another fibber.

People get so used to lying and repeating other people's lies, either because they're afraid or out of self-interest, resentment, or sheer stupidity, and they end up lying even when they think they're telling the truth. It's the failing of our times. The honest, decent person is a species in danger of extinction . . .

Sólo quiero que se haga justicia. Nada más. En toda mi vida he pensado que lo que quería era venganza. La venganza no existe. Lo única que importa es la verdad.

I don't know what came over me. Don't be offended, but sometimes one feels freer speaking to a stranger than to people one knows. Why is that?" I shrugged. "Probably because a stranger sees us the way we are, not as he wishes to think we are.

Truth is always safe from people.

No te ofendas, pero a veces una se siente más libre de hablarle a un extraño que a la gente que conoce. ¿Por qué será? - Probablemente porque un extraño nos ve como somos, no como quiere creer que somos.

but the public will always choose a warmed-up lie over the cold truth.

A volte è più facile confidarsi con un estraneo. Chissà perché. Forse perché un estraneo ci vede come siamo realmente, e non come vogliamo far credere di essere.

Le donne, con rare eccezioni, sono più intelligenti di noi o, perlomeno, più sincere con se stesso rispetto a ciò che vogliono. Che poi te lo facciano sapere è un altro paio di maniche.

Learning how to differentiate between why one does things and why one says one does them is the first step toward getting to know oneself. And from there to no longer being a cretin, there's still quite a way to go.

A SECRET'S WORTH DEPENDS ON THE PEOPLE FROM WHOM IT MUST be kept.

Odakle želite da po?nem? Vi ste pripovjeda?. Samo vas molim da mi kažete istinu. Ne znam što je istina. Istina je ono što boli.

Inimene ei tea, kui palju ahnust tema südames peitub, enne kui on kuulnud hõbeda meelitavat kõlinat oma taskutes.

She laughed nervously. I don't know what came over me. Don't be offended, but sometimes one feels freer speaking to a stranger than to people one knows. Why is that? I shrugged. Probably because a stranger sees us the way we are, not as he wishes to think we are.

Da ljudi misle ?etvrtinu onoga što govore, ovaj bi svijet bio raj.

Az igazmondást kevés dolog indokolja, a hazugságnak viszont végtelen sok oka lehet.

How old is the lad?" inquired Barceló, inspecting me out of the corner of his eye. "Almost eleven," I announced. Barceló flashed a sly smile. "In other words, ten. Don't add on any years, you rascal. Life will see to that without your help.

People get so used to lying and repeating other people's lies, either because they're afraid or out of self-interest, resentment, or sheer stupidity, that they end up lying even when they think they're telling the truth. It's the failing of our times.

Nadie tiene tanta compasión con un embustero como alguien de su condición.

Un segreto conta quanto coloro da cui dobbiamo proteggerlo

Sono poche le ragoni per dire la verità, mentre quelle per mentire sono infinite. [...]

ein Mann ist fähig alles zu verzeihen, außer dass man ihm die Wahrheit sagt.

Nur die Lüge ist hundertprozentig glaubhaft, weil sie die Wirklichkeit nicht zu erklären, sondern uns einfach zu sagen brauchen, was wir hören wollen.

Probably because a stranger sees us the way we are, not as they wish us to be.