Dishonesty Quotes · Page 5

Problem with the honest people in this era of dishonesty.

— Anonymous

Never expect loyalty from a person that can't give you honesty.

— Surgeo Bell

She who is more ashamed of dishonesty than of poverty will not be easily overcome.

— Samuel Richardson

If you punish honesty in others, you encourage dishonesty.

— Anonymous

Honesty is for the most par less profitable than dishonesty.

— Plato

Lying is a most disgraceful vice; it first despises God, and then fears men.

— Plutarch

My values are the basic foundations of my life; betraying them means betraying my own life.

— Anonymous

Respect me enough to admit when you've done me wrong instead of lying about it...

— Demi Lovato

Don't resort to blackmail or manipulation to get your way in your marriage. They both undermine love and trust.

— Kemmy Nola

If you have to SNEAK to do it, LIE to cover it up, or DELETE it to avoid it being seen then…

— SHEYA

When you love, just be honest! Remember that it is better to tell the truth to make someone cry than to tell…

— Anonymous

“[T]he infliction of cruelty with a good conscience is a delight to moralists. That is why they invented Hell.”

— Bertrand Russell

“I might point out that the rich do not so much buy honesty as curtains to cover dishonesty.”

— G.K. Chesterton

For all the lies and all the hate - for all I've lost for no one's sake - I stand tall and…

— Nishan Panwar

Those partial to drink were hiding faults and dishonesty. They were sloppy souls, even the ones with pleasant manners and fine noses.

— Sarah Hall

The eleventh commandment, "Thou shalt not be found out" is despicable, but nevertheless, it is the one thing you can never get…

— Emily Post

[S]tatism is but socialized dishonesty; it is feathering the nests of some with feathers coercively plucked from others - on the grand…

— Leonard Read

There is no well defined boundary line between honesty and dishonesty. The frontiers of one blend with the outside limits of the…

— O. Henry

Lying and cheating in advertising, in the long run, are commercial suicide. Dishonesty in advertising destroys not only confidence in advertising, but…

— Daniel Starch

The accumulation of genetic mutations were touted to be enough to change one species to another….No. It wasn’t dishonesty. I think it…

— Lynn Margulis

“* *Do remember that dishonesty and cowardice always have to be paid for.*Don’t imagine that for years on end you can make…

— George Orwell

Let honesty be as the breath of thy soul; then shalt thou reach the point of happiness, and independence shall be thy…

— Benjamin Franklin

A rich man is an honest man--no thanks to him; for he would be a double knave, to cheat mankind when he…

— Daniel Defoe

There is a vague popular belief that lawyers are necessarily dishonest. I say vague, because when we consider to what extent confidence…

— Abraham Lincoln

And who can suffer injury by just taxation, impartial laws and the application of the Jeffersonian doctrine of equal rights to all…

— William Jennings Bryan

The left has done a very admirably good job of demonizing the private sector, where what happens? Cheating, lying, dishonesty, destroying the…

— Rush Limbaugh

Religion, a mediaeval form of unreason, when combined with modern weaponry becomes a real threat to our freedoms. This religious totalitarianism has…

— Salman Rushdie

“When we were young, we unconsciously chose friends with similar values. We didn’t like dealing with individuals, for example, who were not…

— Jon M. Huntsman Sr

Perhaps, indeed, there are no truly universal ethics: or to put it more precisely, the ways in which ethical principles are interpreted…

— Howard Gardner

We fed the public a line of deceit, dishonesty, a fabrication of statistics and figures. We succeeded because the time was right…

— Bernard Nathanson

There are people who lie like a great painter painting a masterpiece or a great author writing his or her greatest novel.…

— Eugene Nathaniel Butler

My profession brought me in contact with various minds. Earnest, serious discussion on the condition of woman enlivened my business room; failures…

— Harriot Kezia Hunt

When you live in lies, you can't tell what is the truth anymore.

— Francine Chiar

Wealth gained by dishonesty will be diminished, but he who gathers by labor will increase.

— Dave Ramsey

The truth may hurt, but having to learn the truth after being fed a web of lies hurts more.

— Juanita Kay Ross

“The tombstone over the grave of the conscience always reads: "Human Nature".”

— Stefan Molyneux

Respects an honest enemy more than a dishonest friend.

— Abhishek Tiwari

Lying only builds a crappy bridge that leaves you to fall and drown one day.

— Anonymous

The legal tender quality [of money] is only valuable for the purposes of dishonesty.

— Salmon P. Chase

Rhe language of politics is experienced by most as spin with the assumption of dishonesty.

— Jess Phillips