Quotes About Honesty

My complaint simply concerns the decay of the _art_ of lying. No high-minded man, no man of right feeling, can contemplate the lumbering and slovenly lying of the present day without grieving to see a noble art so prostituted.

Man muß die Tatsachen kennen, bevor man sie verdrehen kann.

Among other common lies, we have the _silent_ lie--the deception which one conveys by simply keeping still and concealing the truth. Many obstinate truth-mongers indulge in this dissipation, imagining that if they _speak_ no lie, they lie not at all.

In his day news could not travel fast, and hence he could easily find a jury of honest, intelligent men who had not heard of the case they were called to try—but in our day of telegraphs and newspapers his plan compels us to swear in juries composed of fools and rascals, because the system rigidly excludes honest men and men of brains.

An honest man in politics shines more there than he would elsewhere. - A Tramp Abroad

I am not the editor of a newspaper and shall always try to do right and be good so that God will not make me one.

After much reflection—suppose it was a lie? What then? Was it such a great matter? Aren't we always acting lies? Then why not tell them?

You're never wrong to do the right thing.- Ben, The Intern. Mark Twain may have said it first

Listen — and do not doubt me, for I shall speak the exact truth. Howard Tracy, I am no more an earl's child than you are!

or else it wouldn't be truthful and square for the others.

I don't mind what the opposition say of me so long as they don't tell the truth about me. But when they descend to telling the truth about me I consider that this is taking an unfair advantage.

It is strong language, but true. None of us could _live_ with an habitual truthteller; but thank goodness none of us has to.

There are two kinds of speakers. Those who are nervous and those who are liars.

Nada devem saber a meu respeito a não ser que tenham lido «As Aventuras de Tom Sawyer». Não faz mal. O livro foi escrito pelo senhor Mark Twain, e ele contava quase sempre a verdade.

To dash a half-truth in the world's eyes is the surest way of blinding it altogether.

Ä°nsan dürüstlüÄŸünün mimar? kendisi deÄŸildir.

Gerçek ayakkab?lar?n? giyene kadar, yalan dünyay? 3 kere dola??r.

An injurious lie is an uncommendable thing; and so, also, and in the same degree, is an injurious truth—a fact that is recognized by the law of libel.

Of course there are people who think they never lie, but it is not so—and this ignorance is one of the very things that shame our so-called civilization. Everybody lies—every day; every hour; awake; asleep; in his dreams; in his joy; in his mourning; if he keeps his tongue still, his hands, his feet, his eyes, his attitude, will convey deception—and purposely. Even in sermons—but that is a platitude.

No fact is more firmly established than that lying is a necessity of our circumstances--the deduction that it is then a Virtue goes without saying.

Children and fools _always_ speak the truth. The deduction is plain --adults and wise persons _never_ speak it.

None of us could _live_ with an habitual truth-teller; but thank goodness none of us has to.

Everybody lies--every day; every hour; awake; asleep; in his dreams; in his joy; in his mourning; if he keeps his tongue still, his hands, his feet, his eyes, his attitude, will convey deception--and purposely. Even in sermons--but that is a platitude.

You lied to the undertaker, and said your health was failing--a wholly commendable lie, since it cost you nothing and pleased the other man.