Quotes About Honesty

In war, the first casualty is truth.

It's not the oath that makes us believe the man, but the man the oath

I will have nought to do with a man who can blow hot and cold with the same breath.

He is not to be trusted as a friend who illtreats his own family.

Betray a friend, and you'll often find you have ruined yourself.

Those who assume a character which does not belong to them, only make themselves ridiculous.

They that know how to suspect, without exposing or hurting themselves, till honesty comes to be more in fashion, can never suspect too much.

A false tale often betrays itself.

Then one day there really was a wolf, but when the boy shouted they didn't believe him.

The boy cried "Wolf, wolf!" and the villagers came out to help him.

Men often applaud an imitation, and hiss the real thing.

A doubtful friend is worse than a certain enemy. Let a man be one thing or the other, and we then know how to meet him.

A liar will not be believed even when he speaks the truth.

No one believes a liar even when he tells the truth

The end of an ox is beef, and the end of a lie is grief

If you confront anyone who has lied with the truth, he will usually admit it - often out of sheer surprise. It is only necessary to guess right to produce your effect.

When you find that people are not telling you the truth---look out!

A woman who doesn't lie is a woman without imagination and without sympathy.

I did not deceive you, mon ami. At most, I permitted you to deceive yourself.

For in the long run, either through a lie, or through truth, people were bound to give themselves away …

Conversations are always dangerous, if you have something to hide.

When will a woman lie? Sometimes for herself. Usually for the man she loves. Always for her children.

This is no time for refusing to look facts in the face.

In conversation, points arise! If a human being converses much, it is impossible for him to avoid the truth! (Hercule Poirot)