Quotes About Honesty

The truth doesn't always set you free; people prefer to believe prettier, neatley wrapped lies

People ask all the time how I'm doing, but the truth is, they don't really want to know.

It takes two people to make a lie work: the person who tells it, and the one who believes it.

The truth doesn't always set you free; people prefer to believe prettier, neatley wrapped lies

I despise the rituals of fake friendship. I wish we could just claw each other's eyes out and call it a day; instead we put on huge radiant smiles and spout compliments until our teeth hurt from the saccharine sweetness of it all.

The truth is like salt. Men want to taste a little, but too much makes everyone sick.

People would far rather be handed an easy lie than search for a difficult truth, especially if it suits their own purposes.

I'm trying to put things in the best light, but a turd's a turd, whatever light it's in!

The smell of it. The feel of it." He rubbed one hand up and down the stained sheath of his sword, making a faint swishing sound. "War is honest. There's no lying to it. You don't have to say sorry here. Don't have to hide. You cannot. If you die? So what? You die among friends. Among worthy foes. You die looking the Great Leveller in the eye. If you live? Well, lad that's living, isn't it? A man isn't truly alive until he's facing death." Whirrun stamped his foot into the sod. "I love war!

When you tell a lie, you have to sound like you believe it. Goes double for the ones you tell yourself.

Trust. It was a word that only liars used. A word the truthful had no need of.

Well, everyone lies. The difference between a hero and a villain is whether anyone believes him.

If you wanted to see my cock that badly, you could just have asked.' 'No doubt a thing o' haunting beauty but i came for something else.

I've been on jobs like that before, everyone stuck on the money not the work, watching their backs every minute. Bad for your health and your business. We'll do this civilised, or not at all. What do you say? "I say civilised," said Shenkt. "For pity's sake, let's kill like honest men.

You will get such flattery as you deserve, and my foot in your arse the rest of the time.

lies. The hardest kind to see through. The kind you tell yourself.

Ray to Livvy] Aren't you used to people meaning what they say?

If you marry a man who cheats on his wife, you'll be married to a man who cheats on his wife.

All married couples should learn the art of battle as they should learn the art of making love. Good battle is objective and honest - never vicious or cruel. Good battle is healthy and constructive, and brings to a marriage the principle of equal partnership.

The naked truth is always better than the best-dressed lie.

All married couples should learn the art of battle as they should learn the art of making love. Good battle is objective and honest - never vicious or cruel. Good battle is healthy and constructive, and brings to a marriage the principles of equal partnership.

People with integrity expect to be believed. If not, they let time prove them right.

Stolen pleasures are always more thrilling than those come by honestly.

She had been so fiercely alive. She had spoken honestly, and lived with an honesty that few could claim to match. She had made the most of every minute she was given. She bargained and rationed and managed the seconds. She burned up the days.