Quotes About Honesty

Love cannot live where there is no trust.

Half the trouble in life is caused by pretending there isn't any.

And the truth shall bear witness of itself. Edmond Bordeaux Szekely

Flattery corrupts both the receiver and the giver.

Resolved to die in the last dike of prevarication.

Never apologise for showing feeling. When you do so, you apologise for the truth.

There is no safety for honest men except by believing all possible evil of evil men.

Some people really think that great wealth makes crime respectable, and if it is pointed out to a wealthy but dishonest man, that he is merely a common thief, and if in addition, the fact is proved to everybody's satisfaction, his anger is noticeable.

If ever I said, in grief or pride,I tired of honest things, I lied.

A person who publishes a book appears willfully in public with his pants down.

A person who publishes a book appears willfully in public eye with his pants down.

A person who publishes a book wilfully appears before the populace with his pants down. –

For men that are afraid to die Must warm their hands before a lie; The fire that's built of What is Known Will chill the marrow in the bone.

Y qué es la verdad? —Respondió José. —Unas veces lo contrario de la mentira; otra veces, lo contrario del silencio.

Vestido azul, que pasará a la historia como el objeto de la primera mentira que le dije a mi novio. La primera de unas cuantas. Mentiras nuevas, mentiras frescas, mentiras recién estrenadas. Me pesan en el estómago como una comida mal digerida. Odio decir mentiras. Me gusta pensar que soy una persona sincera. Me gusta experimentar la fortaleza, la energía que a una le da saber que está diciendo la verdad sin fisuras, sin dobleces, sin ocultamientos.

Y no sé para qué quiero que lo sepa. No sirve para nada que lo sepa. Y sospecho que es peor, eso de que lo sepa. Pero ya ve, se lo digo igual. Parece que la quiero, Ofelia. Mil perdones, pero me parece que la quiero mucho.

Oh! For love, for the painfully nourished, tenderly cherished, sweet frenzies illusion, the known-illusion within the globule of sentimental cynicism. For romantic love, then, I sacrifice honor, decensy, human kindness, charity, honesty, friendship and the future -- all, (ah!) for love!

Everyone should learn a manual trade. It's never too late to become an honest person.

If it's knowledge and wisdom you want, then seek out the company of those who do real work for an honest purpose.

In the land of bleating sheep and braying jackasses, one brave and honest man is bound to create a scandal.

Vonnegut is one of America's basic artists, a true and worthy heir to the grand tradition of Thoreau, Whitman, Twain, Dreiser, Traven, Tom Wolfe (the real Tom Wolfe, I mean) and Steinbeck. In other words, he writes out of a concern for justice, love, honesty, and hope.

But it is a writer's duty to write and speak and record the truth, always the truth, no matter whom may be offended.

Certainly, I want to capture the reader's attention from the beginning and hold it until the end: that is half the purpose of my art. The other half must be to tell my story in the most honest way that I can.