Quotes About Honesty

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With people of only moderate ability modesty is mere honesty; but with those who possess great talent it is hypocrisy.

The little honesty that exists among authors is discernible in the unconscionable way they misquote from the writings of others.

With people of limited ability modesty is merely honesty. But with those who possess great talent it is hypocrisy.

The call to abandon illusions is a call to abandon a condition which requires illusions.

There is a greater difference between the genuine Christian and the deceived professing Christian than there is between a living man and a corpse. None need remain in doubt if they will honestly measure themselves by the Holy Word of God.

Prayer is not appointed for the furnishing of God with the knowledge of what we need, but is designed as a confession to Him of our sense of need.

Be discreet in all things, and so render it unnecessary to be mysterious about any.

El problema de las palabras es que, una vez echadas, no pueden volverse solas a su dueño. De modo que a veces te las vuelven en la punta de un acero.

It really doesn't bother me," she said. "I've always thought it stupid to try to hide your age, or to pretend to be younger than you are. Denying your age is like denying your life.

As for myself, I would just say that, because of what I am, I can at least look myself in the face when I stand before the mirror each morning to shave. And that, madam, is more than many men I know can do.

Me gustan quienes son leales, y en estos tiempos ya ni los perros lo somos.

Que si es mucha verdad que nuestra pobre España no tuvo nunca ni justicia, ni buen gobierno, ni hombres públicos honestos, ni apenas reyes dignos de llevar corona, nunca le faltaron, vive Dios, buenos vasallos dispuestos a olvidar el abandono, la miseria y la injusticia, para apretar los dientes, desenvainar un acero y pelear, qué remedio, por la honra de su nación

Un pueblo honrado no necesita que el gobierno lo divierta, sino que lo deje divertirse. —Por

Siempre es tan brutalmente sincero? —Sólo cuando además de guapa la mujer es inteligente.

o era el hombre más honesto ni el más piadoso, pero era un hombre valiente. Se llamaba Diego Alatriste y Tenorio, y había luchado como soldado de los tercios viejos en las guerras de Flandes.

Un diablo inteligente ni siquiera necesita mentir

Has conseguido lo que pocos consiguen en la vida: aparentar exactamente lo que eres, y que parezca que lo aparentas.

No era el hombre más honesto ni el más piadoso, pero era un hombre valiente.

He was not the most honest or pious of men, but he was courageous

La verdad es que usted y yo, y acaso todos, estamos siempre como en esos juegos de niños que consisten en no decir cierta palabra, a pesar de todas las complicadas preguntas que se nos hacen para obligarnos a pronunciarlas. Estamos jugando a no decir lo que tendríamos que decir, para reservarlo para determinado momento o para determinada persona, con el riesgo de que en el momento de decirlo, por inusitado, suene falso o convencional o lo que es peor, cursi.

A 'no' uttered from the deepest conviction is better than a 'yes' merely uttered to please, or worse, to avoid trouble.

The Tathagatas have said that a fool is no one's friend, because the affection of a fool does not arise without self-interest.

Speaking truth in a away that it seems a lie benefits you more than telling a lie which seems true.