Quotes About Honesty

Something unpleasant is coming when men are anxious to tell the truth.

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I detest politics, to be honest with you. It's a cesspool. And I don't think I would fare well in that cesspool because I don't believe in political correctness and I certainly don't believe in dishonesty.

The moral principle 'it is a duty to tell the truth' would, if taken unconditionally and singly, make all society impossible.

Sir, I say that justice is truth in action.

Justice is truth in action.

What is earnest is not always true; on the contrary, error is often more earnest than truth.

There is no wisdom like frankness.

Silence is the mother of truth

Non chiedere mai scusa quando esterni un sentimento. Nel momento in cui lo fai, chiedi scusa per la verità.

Never apologize for showing feeling. When you do so, you apologize for truth.

Time is precious, but truth is more precious than time.

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

One of the hardest things in this world is to admit you are wrong. And nothing is more helpful in resolving a situation than its frank admission.

Sir, I am no sycophant or worshipper of power anywhere.

To know the Truth, to love the Truth, and to live the Truth is the whole duty of man.

Truth is the daughter of God, and in all her attributes God-like and eternal. Truth never depreciates in value.

Words may show a man's wit, but actions his meaning

An innocent Plowman is more worthy than a vicious Prince.

Lying rides upon debts back.

Promises may fit the friends, but non-performance will turn them into enemies.

In order for three people to keep a secret, two must be dead.

None but the well-bred man knows how to confess a fault, or acknowledge himself in an error.