Quotes About Honesty

We pride ourselves on nothing but the courage to be trivial. For a person is simple in his striving for truth, and it is honest to admit this openly.

Talk to me. I'll believe anything.

But I have no sense of humor and not enough courage to be cynical.

It is not even in extraordinary situations, where all eyes are upon us, where all our energy is aroused, and all our vigilance is awake, that the highest efforts of virtue are usually demanded of us; but rather in silence and seclusion, amidst our occupations and our homes; in wearing sickness, that makes no complaint; in sorely-tried honesty, that asks no praise; in simple disinterestedness, hiding the hand that resigns its advantage to another.

When you aren't sincere you need to pretend, and by pretending you end up believing yourself; that's the basic principle of every faith.

Viajar es en realidad tan simple como vivir. Si en cualquier momento de nuestra existencia nos detenemos a mirar hacia atrás y hacer un balance - un balance en verdad honesto -, la mayor parte de las veces no deberíamos sentirnos satisfechos de lo que esa vida nos ha deparado; pero si nos limitamos a aceptar lo que nuestra memoria quiere ofrecernos, entonces merece la pena seguir adelante.

Wine, dear boy, and truth.

Ethical behavior is doing the right thing when no one else is watching- even when doing the wrong thing is legal.

An unexciting truth may be eclipsed by a thrilling lie.

Falsehood is invariably the child of fear in one form or another.

Callar es respetar el dolor ajeno, puede ser. Pero eso no cura nada y yo ya no tengo tiempo ni ganas para esperar a que la gente se atreva a decir. Porque si algo me han enseñado los años y los colgajos es que el tiempo no perdona ni cura. Lo que cura es la verdad, y si duele, mala suerte.

Por qué será que en esta familia nunca nos decimos las cosas que realmente importan?

A deception that elevates us is dearer than a host of low truths.

Everything you add to the truth subtracts from the truth.

A benefit of friendship is knowing whom to tell secrets to.

No sabíais que si el hombre promete demasiado a menudo más de lo que puede mantener, también amenaza no menos a menudo, más de lo que se atreve luego a cumplir? ¿No sabíais que la iniquidad no se funda sólo en sus propias fuerzas, sino también en la credulidad y el miedo ajenos?

No sabíais que si el hombre promete demasiado a menudo más de lo que puede mantener, también amenaza no menos a menudo, más de lo que se atreve luego a cumplir?

He had a favorite sentence which he always used to conclude his harangues on such matters: No harm comes to an honest man who minds his own business and knows his place.

He who utters falsehoods to the [lawyer] is a fool who will tell the truth to the judge.

Dite: io non vorrei altro che trovarvi senza colpa.

Non sapevate che, se l'uomo promette troppo spesso più che non sia per mantenere, minaccia anche non di rado, più che non s'attenti poi di commettere? Non sapevate che l'iniquità non si fonda soltanto sulle sue forze, ma anche sulla credulità e sullo spavento altrui?

Se voi sapete ch'io abbia, per pusillanimità, per qualunque rispetto, trascurato qualche mio obbligo ditemelo, francamente, fattemi ravvedere; affinchè dov'è mancato l'esempio, supplisca almeno la confessione.

It can't be 'true' love without the truth

No," Wednesday agreed. "You have tortured with silence. You let her grieve for a soul she did not lose, mourn a heart that should not have broken, and berate herself for betraying the man she loves...with the man she loves. It can't be 'true' love without the truth, Rumbold.