Quotes About Sincerity

A única confissão sincera é aquela que fazemos indirectamente - ao falarmos dos outros.

Só às crianças e aos loucos perdoamos que sejam francos connosco: os outros, caso tenham a audácia de os imitar, arrepender-se-ão mais cedo ou mais tarde de o terem feito.

Lucy was suffering from the most grievous wrong which this world has yet discovered: diplomatic advantage had been taken of her sincerity, of her craving for sympathy and love. Such a wrong is not easily forgotten. Never again did she expose herself without due consideration and precaution against rebuff. And such a wrong may react disastrously upon the soul.

Aziz winked at him slowly and said: "...There are many ways of being a man; mine is to express what is deepest in my heart.

He has the merit—if it is one—of saying exactly what he means.

I since cricket match do long to talk with one of my arms around you, then place both arms round you and share with you, the above now seems sweeter to me than words can say.

The human mind is not a dignified organ, and I do not see how we can exercise it sincerely except through eclecticism. And the only advice I would offer my fellow eclectics is: "Do not be proud of your inconsistency. It is a pity, it is a pity that we should be equipped like this. It is a pity that Man cannot be at the same time impressive and truthful.

I was brought up to be honest; the trouble is it gets me nowhere.

I am swathed in cant', she thought, 'and it is good for me to be stripped of it.

He had dulled his craving for verbal truth and cared chiefly for truth of mood.

When real things are so wonderful, what is the point of pretending?

Because we think it improves our characters. But he is kind to people because he loves them; and they find him out, and are offended, or frightened.

We are not in the law courts. There are many ways of being a man; mine is to express what is deepest in my heart.

I don't believe in suiting my conversation to my company

Yes, awfully serious,' remarked Maurice, and rested his hand on Alec's shoulder, so that the fingers touched the back of the neck, doing this merely because he wished to do it, not for another reason.

He mourned his wife more sincerely because he mourned her seldom.

If they were hypocrites they did not know it, and their hypocrisy had every chance of setting and of becoming true.

Lucy was suffering from the most grievous wrong which this world has yet discovered: diplomatic advantage had been taken of her sincerity, of her craving for sympathy and love.

There are many ways of being a man; mine is to express what is deepest in my heart.

Como é que tu achas que é o mundo das pessoas crescidas? -Não sei dizer. Sou um rapa- disse, com muita sinceridade. São muito traiçoeiras, sir? ---- Mr. Darcie (professor) e Maurice P.13, Maurice, E.M. Forster, Livros Cotovia, tradução de Jorge Ayres Roza de Oliveira P.13, Maurice

Como é que tu achas que é o mundo das pessoas crescidas? -Não sei dizer. Sou um rapaz - disse, com muita sinceridade. - São muito traiçoeiras, sir? -------------~ Mr. Ducie (professor) e Maurice p.13, MAURICE - E.M. FORSTER, Livros Cotovia, 1989, esgotado, tradução: Jorge Ayres Roza de Oliveira

It is a pity that Man cannot be at the same time impressive and truthful.

Petty unselfishness," she repeated. "I had got an idea that every one here spent their lives in making little sacrifices for objects they didn't care for, to please people they didn't love; that they never learnt to be sincere—and, what's as bad, never learnt how to enjoy themselves.

As I say, I'm not sorry I talked. I can look any man in the eye again and tell him to go to..." He glanced at Miss Minerva. "Madam, I will not name the precise locality.