Quotes About Sincerity

she had said, so naturally and with such an air of conviction that he had been genuinely touched.

that men can be being sincere with their friends, and even with themselves, when they speak warmly of a woman's kindness to them, even though, to tell the truth, their relationship is undermined secretly, in a way they do not confess to others or which is revealed involuntarily in response to questions, to inquiries, by a painful anxiety.

for want of feeling or immorality, once confessed, simplify life as effectively as loose morals: they remove the need to find excuses for blameworthy actions, and transform them into obligations of sincerity

Y, desde luego, eso no quiere decir que, cuando el Sr.Legranin echaba pestes contra los esnobs, no fuese sincero. No podía saber, al menos por sí mismo, que él sí lo era, pues nunca conocemos sino las pasiones de los demás y lo que llegamos a saber de las nuestras sólo a ellos se lo debemos

I said something friendly or even admiring to her. She was like almost all women, who imagine that the compliment they receive is a strict expression of the truth, that it is a judgment passed impartially, irresistibly, as though it applied to an art object unconnected with a particular individual. And so it was with a seriousness that made me blush at my own hypocrisy that she put the vain and artless question customary in such circumstances, "You like it?

A large part of what we believe to be true (and this applies even to our final conclusions) with a persistence equalled only by our sincerity, springs from an original misconception of our premisses.

He made what apology he could and hurried home, glad that the satisfaction of his curiosity had preserved their love intact, and that, having feigned for so long a sort of indifference towards Odette, he had not now, by his jealousy, given her the proof that he loved her too much, which, between a pair of lovers, for ever dispenses the recipient from the obligation to love enough. He

Wenn man etwas tut, um anderen zu gefallen, kann es nicht gelingen, aber bei den Dingen, die man tut, um sich selbst zu zufriedenzustellen, besteht immer die Aussicht, dass sie auch das Interesse von anderen wecken.

Humane motives are too sacred for the person they are used to appeal to not to bow before them, whether he believes them to be sincere or not; I did not wish for a moment to appear to be weighing up the relative importance of my invitation and the possible fatigue of Mme de Guermantes, and I promised to say nothing to her about the object of my visit, acting as though I had been completely taken in by this rigmarole M. de Guermantes had staged for my benefit.

Wie weet, flitste 't door mijn brein, of mensen, zo gemoedloos als ik, niet altoos de gewaarwording hebben, dat elke gevoelsuiting van anderen een aanstellerij of een overdrijving is. Ja, misschien acht iedereen zijn evenmens, die hij niet begrijpt en dus niet natuurlijk kan vinden, min of meer een acteur.

she had the honesty of someone with nothing to prove.

She'd always been blunt, to the point that people sometimes mistook her for cold. In truth, she was one of the warmest people he had ever met. It was just that she had the honesty of someone with nothing to prove.

No, the great thing about the truth is that it's true.

If we are not ashamed to think it, we should not be ashamed to say it.

It is astonishing what force, purity, and wisdom it requires for a human being to keep clear of falsehoods.

Where I make an impression it must be by being most myself.

Platitudes Yes, there are platitudes. Platitudes are there because they are true.

Impegnarsi per essere naturali è già una sconfitta.

Remember that sometimes it's when we're simply being ourselves that we make a difference.

I'd cut up my heart for you to wear if you wanted it.

Whatever you write, let it be the truth.

Great artists are people who find the way to be themselves in their art. Any sort of pretension induces mediocrity in art and life alike.

I am too honest to pretend to feelings I don't have. I am happy when I make you happy and when you do not trouble my happiness.

Ezerszer jobban szeretlek, mint az életemet, ezerszer jobban, mint magam is képzelem.