Quotes About Honesty

I was not a hypocrite, with one real face and several false ones. I had several faces because I was young and didn't know who I was or wanted to be.

For Sabina, living in truth, lying neither to ourselves nor to others, was possible only away from the public: the moment someone keeps an eye on what we do, we involuntarily make allowances for that eye, and nothing we do is truthful. Having a public, keeping a public in mind, means living in lies.

The moment someone keeps an eye on what we do, we involuntarily make allowances for that eye, and nothing we do is truthful. Having a public, keeping a public in mind, means living in lies…

What does it mean to live in truth? Putting it negatively is easy enough: it means not lying, not hiding, and not dissimulating.

The heavier the burden, the closer our lives come to the earth, the more real and truthful they become.

I have to lie, if I don't want to take madmen seriously and become a madman myself

All the basic situations in life occur only once, never to return. For a man to be a man, he must be fully aware of this never-to-return. Drink it to the dregs. No cheating allowed. No making believe it's not there. Modern man cheats. He tries to get around all the milestones on the road from birth to death.

To hide and feel guilty would be the beginning of defeat

the heavier the burden, the closer our lives come to the earth, the more real and truthful they become. the absolute of a burden causes man to be lighter than air.

vivre dans la vérité, ne mentir ni à soi-même ni aux autres, ce n'est possible qu'à la condition de vivre sans public. Dès lors qu'il y a un témoin à nos actes, nous nous adaptons bon gré mal gré aux yeux qui nous observent, et plus rien de ce que nous faisons n'est vrai. Avoir un public, penser à un public, c'est vivre dans le mensonge (partie III, ch. 7)

The moment someone keeps an eye on what we do, we involuntarily make allowances for that eye, and nothing we do is truthful.

Don't lie!' 'Tell the truth!' are words which we must never say to another person in so far as we consider him our equal.

In a society run by terror, no statements whatsoever can be taken seriously. They are all forced, and it is the duty of every honest man to ignore them.

Franz, on the other hand, was certain that the division of life into private and public spheres is the source of all lies: a person is one thing in private and something quite different in public. For Franz, living in truth meant breaking down the barriers between the private and the public. He was fond of quoting André Breton on the desirability of living in a glass house into which everyone can look and there are no secrets.

It is a tragicomic fact that our proper upbringing has become an ally of the secret police. We do not know how to lie. The Tell the truth! imperative drummed into us by our mamas and papas functions so automatically that we feel ashamed of lying even to a secret policeman during an interrogation. It is simpler for us to argue with him or insult him (which makes no sense whatever) than to lie to his face (which is the only thing to do).

I have become so pessimistic that these days I'd even choose the truth over friendship.

Ao tomar a sua decisão, ela não escolhera a astúcia, mas a verdade. Decidira que as coisas eram de verdade assim.

No hay nada más miserable que tener vergüenza de los propios sentimientos.

Para Sabina, vivir en la verdad, no mentirse a uno mismo ni mentir a los demas, solo es posible en el supuesto de que vivamos sin publico. En cuanto hay alguien que observe nuestra actuacion, nos adaptamos, queriendo o sin querer, a los ojos que nos miran y ya nada de lo que hacemos es verdad.

Living in truth, lying neither to ourselves nor to others, was possible only away from the public: the moment someone keeps an eye on what we do, we involuntarily make allowances for that eye, and nothing we do is truthful. Having a public, keeping a public in mind, means living in lies.

Y ¿cómo podría ser sincera una chica que irradia tanta juventud como usted? No puede ser sincera, porque ni siquiera sabe lo que lleva dentro. Pero, si lo supiese, debería coincidir conmigo en que el mayor placer es el de ser admirado. ¿No le parece?

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Delante de ella me lo podía permitir todo, hasta la sinceridad.

Avoir un public, penser à un public, c'est vivre dans le mensonge.