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Quotes About Honesty

There is always a way to be honest without being brutal.
~ Arthur Dobrin
Peace is such a precious jewel that I would give anything for it but truth.
~ Matthew Henry
Tell the truth, but make the truth fascinating.
~ David Ogilvy
Truth is the highest virtue, but higher still is truthful living.
~ Guru Nanak
Maybe if we tell the truth about the past, we can tell the truth about the present.
~ Ken Loach
Write to exhaustion so that you can no longer manage to avoid writing the truth.
~ Elissa Schappell
All you have to do is write one true sentence. Write the truest sentence that you know.
~ Ernest Hemingway
Truth is a great flirt.
~ Franz Liszt
Truth is always exciting. Speak it, then. Life is dull without it.
~ Pearl S. Buck
A musicians or artists responsibility is a simple one, and that is, through your music to tell the truth.
~ Tom Morello
The advertisement is the most truthful part of a newspaper.
~ Thomas Jefferson
My intent is to tell the truth as I know it, realizing that what is true for me may be blasphemy for others.
~ Gerry Spence
Only three types of people tell the truth: Kids, the drunk, and the angry.
~ Elizabeth Reyes
One of the drawbacks to life is that it contains moments when one is compelled to tell the truth.
~ P. G. Wodehouse
You want beauty,' said Hercules Poirot. 'Beauty at any price. For me, it is truth. I want always truth.
~ Agatha Christie
Speak the truth, do not yield to anger; give, if thou art asked for little; by these three steps thou wilt go near the gods.
~ Confucius
Lying can never save us from another lie.
~ Vaclav Havel
When in doubt tell the truth. It will confound your enemies and astound your friends.
~ Mark Twain
One lie has the power to tarnish a thousand truths.
~ Al David
One must be very particular about telling the truth. Through truth one can realize God.
~ Ramakrishna
A half-truth masquerading as the whole truth becomes a complete untruth.
~ J. I. Packer
Truth is more than a mental exercise.
~ Thurgood Marshall
The truth is always the strongest argument.
~ Sophocles
When a woman tells the truth she is creating the possibility for more truth around her.
~ Adrienne Rich