Quotes About Honesty

That's the curious part about speaking the truth. No one does believe it.

No, I wouldn't. I wouldn't tell a soul.' 'People who use that phrase are always the last to live up to it.

Do you believe in the value of truth, my dear, or don't you?" "Of course I believe in the truth," said Rhoda, staring. "Yes, you say that, but perhaps you haven't thought about it. The truth hurts sometimes – and destroys one's illusions." "I'd rather have it all the same." said Rhoda. "So would I. But I don't know that we're wise.

Truth is seldom romantic.

You want beauty," said Hercule Poirot. "Beauty at any price. For me, it is truth I want. Always truth.

There's a convention that one doesn't speak ill of the dead. That's stupid, I think. The truth's always the truth. On the whole it's better to keep your mouth shut about living people. You might conceivably injure them. The dead are past that. But the harm they've done lives after them sometimes.

always bear in mind that the person who speaks may be lying

To know when to use the truth is the essence of successful deception

Never worry about what you say to a man. They're so conceited that they never believe you mean it if it's unflattering.

The truth must be quite plain, if one could just clear away the litter.

It's as easy to utter lies as truth

He, of course, is a liar, but that doesn't really matter because, if you know liars are liars, it comes to the same thing.

Can one build an honest house on dishonest foundation? I do not know. But I do know that I want to try. (Edward Ferrier)

So I suggest you cut the cackle and come to the horses.

The police, they're seemingly so frank, and they tell you nothing.

A lot of additional pain and grief is caused by honesty," remarked Hercule Poirot.

It is always better to face the truth. It is no use evading unhappiness by tampering with facts.

The police, as servants of law, must be of a high order of integrity. For their word is perforce believed by the virtue of their profession.

Lies--and again lies--it amazes me, the amount of lies we had told to us this morning." "There are more still to discover," said Poirot cheerfully.

There is nothing so dangerous for any one who has something to hide as conversation!

But facts are facts, and if one is proved to be wrong, one must just be humble about it and start again.

No," said Tuppence thoughtfully, "he didn't believe it. That's the curious part about speaking the truth. No one does believe it.

So, if I lost all my money, you'd drop me tomorrow?' 'Yes, darling, I would. You can't say I'm not honest about it! I only like successful people. And you'll find that's true of nearly everybody - only most people won't admit it. They just say that really they "can't put up with Mary or Emily or Pamela any more! Her troubles have made her so bitter and peculiar, poor dear!

It takes so little to undermine public confidence in a man.