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Quotes About Honesty

Stumbling across the truth isn't the same as making things up.
~ Octavia E. Butler
To be led by a liar is to ask to be told lies.
~ Octavia E. Butler
I have also read that the Pox was caused by accidentally coinciding climatic, economic, and sociological crises. It would be more honest to say that the Pox was caused by our own refusal to deal with obvious problems in those areas. We caused the problems: then we sat and watched
~ Octavia E. Butler
Daddy's the only man I know," he said softly, "who cares as much about giving his word to a black as to a white.
~ Octavia E. Butler
I'm trying to speak–to write-the truth. I"m trying to be clear. I'm not interested in being fancy, or even original. Clarity and truth will be plenty, if I can only achieve them.
~ Octavia E. Butler
Then show me what you are. Give me the trust you ask me to give you.
~ Octavia E. Butler
I might not have believed this if a Human had said it. Humans said one thing with their bodies and another with their mouths and everyone had to spend time and energy figuring out what they really meant. And once we did understand them, the Humans got angry and acted as though we had stolen thoughts from their minds.
~ Octavia E. Butler
I'm no good at denial and self-deception.
~ Octavia E. Butler
I told as much of the truth as I could.
~ Octavia E. Butler
There are easier ways to say these things," it admitted. "But some things shouldn't be said easily.
~ Octavia E. Butler
Serious misbehavior is harder to get away with, harder even to begin when everyone who sees you knows who you are, where you live, who your family is, and whether you have any business doing what you're doing.
~ Octavia E. Butler
There's nothing that keeps it's youth So far as I know, but a tree and the truth
~ Ogden Nash
Heidi Well, do you want me to be honest or do you want me to tell you this is the first time
~ Unknown
He was drunk, but this was something he'd thought about for a long time and needed no sobriety to express—just a listener.
~ Unknown
This is probably why, my life is easier, and my family is very happy, because we never lie each other. This is probably all people supposed to feel each other, so be always in all of the world they'll be peace.
~ Olga Korbut
Toda mirada por encima del hombro puede adulterar los inocentes escenarios
~ Unknown
we discussed the function of defense mechanisms and found that we were humbled by the power of that portion of our psyche, we began to understand that if it weren't for rationalization, sublimation, denial—all the little tricks we let ourselves perform—if instead we simply saw the world as it was, with nothing to protect us, honestly and courageously, it would break our hearts.
~ Olga Tokarczuk
Her two outstanding characteristics were self-confidence and candor. The latter sometimes got her into hot water Durrance later told Charlotte, but the former kept it from scalding her.
~ Unknown
I do not apologise for baring my soul (though I did not intend to)
~ Unknown
Mr. Lely, I desire you would use all your skill to paint my picture truly like me, and not flatter me at all; but remark all these roughnesses, pimples, warts, and everything as you see me, otherwise I will never pay a farthing for it.
~ Oliver Cromwell
Subtlety may deceive you; intedrity never will.
~ Oliver Cromwell
The united voice of millions cannot lend the smallest foundation to falsehood.
~ Oliver Goldsmith
Ask me no questions, and I'll tell you no lies.
~ Oliver Goldsmith
Ask me no questions, and I'll tell you no fibs.
~ Oliver Goldsmith