Quotes About Honesty

Oh, you are not disappointing," Henry says. "But the moment you are, I will let you know.

You must, of course. Robespierre doesn't lie or cheat or steal, doesn't get drunk, doesn't fornicate—overmuch. He's not a hedonist or a mainchancer or a breaker of promises." Danton grinned. "But what's the use of all this goodness? People don't try to emulate you. Instead they just pull the wool over your eyes.

Lying gives him a deep and subtle pleasure, so deep and subtle he does not know he is lying; he thinks he is the most truthful of princes.

we are not priests. We don't want their sort of confession. We are lawyers. We want the truth little by little and only those parts of it we can use.

If you cannot speak truth at a beheading, when can you speak it?

you cannot tell people just part of the tale and then stop, or just tell them the parts you choose.

He writes a good letter, to the point, neither abrupt nor circumlocutory, nor larded with flattery, nor cursory in expressions of regard.

If what someone wants from you is an admission, it is never in your interest to give it.

Usually he is the soul of courtesy. But if you cannot speak truth at a beheading, when can you speak it?

With the words arrives the truth of them.

Well I think in a marriage you have to be honest and ask yourself, you know, what is my role? What is my responsibility?

DOSTIE: Let's be honest here. People? Sometimes they suck. But kids, well, they're like a new snowfall, you know?

Saccha hai yahan kangal, to Beimaan hai malamal (Here the honest person is poor, the corrupt people are rich)

Mark this! who lives beyond his means Forfeits respect, loses his sense; Where?er he goes, through the seven births, All count him knave: him women hate.

The first casualty when war comes, is truth

Amici o nemici che importanza ha? Il potere abbatte tutto. Sia gli onesti sia i malvagi finiscono per prostrarsi di fronte a un potere più grande di loro. Noi tutti moriamo e finiamo sottoterra.

The reason I'm keeping her secret for her, pretending that I don't know she's a girl is because I don't want to lose her. And that's exactly why I can't let her know that I know.

J'ai toujours imaginé que la franchise et un certain amour de la vérité faisaient partie du fondement même de mon caractère. Or me voici impliqué dans une relation qui fait du mensonge, de la ruse et de la dissimulation des nécessités presque quotidiennes et à ma grande surprise, je découvre que je ne suis pas si mauvais que ça

We are more inclined to regret our virtues than our vices; but only the very honest will admit this.

The truth is messy. It's raw and uncomfortable. You can't blame people for preferring lies.

The truth is messy. It's raw and uncomfortable. You can't blame people for preferring lies.

I don't lie," I lied.

Some promises aren't worth keeping.

She thought of something her mother had told her when she'd finally broken up with one of her most dysfunctional boyfriends. When a man tells you he's going to hurt you, believe it. They always warn you and they're always right.