“Flaubert prided himself on his frankness; it was indeed brutal.” — W. Somerset Maugham Copy Share Image
I'm hoping to bring some raunchy, risky, soulful frankness to the stage, really. — Ari Lennox Copy Share Image
''Honesty and frankness make you vulnerable. Be honest and frank anyway'' — Anonymous Copy Share Image
All kinds of frankness and honesty are terrible crimes in the eyes of society. — Jean-Jacques Rousseau Copy Share Image
The more especially, as in my juvenile frankness, I took some credit to myself for being so confidential and felt that I… — Charles Dickens Copy Share Image
Life is too short to be little. Man is never so manly as when he feels deeply, acts boldly, and expresses himself… — Benjamin Disraeli Copy Share Image
The ease of his manner freed me from painful restraint; the friendly frankness, as correct as cordial, with which he treated me,… — Charlotte Bronte Copy Share Image
“Display politeness and frankness always both in action and conversation. Don’t keep engaging in useless arguments. It scares your dreams away. Talk… — Israelmore Ayivor Copy Share Image
You must study to be frank with the world: frankness is the child of honesty and courage. Say just what you mean… — Robert E. Lee Copy Share Image
“Indeed, there was a frankness in his face, an honesty, and an undisguised show of his pride in her, and his love… — Charles Dickens Copy Share Image
He that openly tells, his friends all that he thinks of them, must expect that they will secretly tell his enemies much… — Charles Caleb Colton Copy Share Image
The expression of vanity and self-love becomes less offensive, when it retains something of simplicity and frankness. — Alexander von Humboldt Copy Share Image
The love of their country is with them only a mode of flattering its master; as soon as they think that master… — Marquis De Custine Copy Share Image
Revealing yourself, physically or emotionally, to cast and crew is frequently uncomfortable. But it is essential if you want to to tell… — Gale Harold Copy Share Image
A psychologically engrossing novel about the homes we make-in our houses, in our neighborhoods, and in the hearts of our loved ones.… — Peter Ho Davies Copy Share Image
A marriage based on full confidence, based on complete and unqualified frankness on both sides; they are not keeping anything back; there's… — Henrik Ibsen Copy Share Image
Adhere To - Faith, Unity, Sacrifice. Avoid - Back-biting, Falsehood and Crookedness. Admire - Frankness, Honesty, and Large-heartedness. Control - Tongue, Temper,… — Sivananda Copy Share Image
As far as the education of children is concerned I think they should be taught not the little virtues but the great… — Natalia Ginzburg Copy Share Image
“What was the point, I told myself, of trying to explain to people who would never understand? Frankness just stirred up trouble… — Liza Dalby Copy Share Image
There are too many false things in the world, and I don't want to be a part of them. If you say… — Johnny Bench Copy Share Image
If you are kind, people may accuse you of selfish, ulterior motives: Be kind anyway. If you are successful you will win… — Mother Teresa Copy Share Image
I have a different idea of elegance. I don't dress like a fop, it's true, but my moral grooming is impeccable. I… — Edmond Rostand Copy Share Image
Yes, you know enough of my frankness to believe me capable of that. After abusing you so abominably to your face, I… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
“We invest ourselves with an abusive superiority when we tell someone what we think of him and of what he does. Frankness… — Emil M. Cioran Copy Share Image
If you are kind, people may accuse you of ulterior motives. Be kind anyway. — Mother Teresa Copy Share Image
It is the weak and confused who worship the pseudosimplicities of brutal directness. — Marshall McLuhan Copy Share Image
We can talk frankly about our defects only to those who recognise our qualities. — Andre Maurois Copy Share Image
Honesty and wisdom are such a delightful pastime, at another person's expense! — Nathaniel Hawthorne Copy Share Image
I think I'm cold, indeed icy, hard. Then there's another reason, one that goes with my frankness: I don't put on act. — Indira Gandhi Copy Share Image
