Frankness Quotes

42 Frankness quotes by 40 unique authors

I encountered among my comrades the most varied human traits, from frankness to reserve, from goodness, uprightness and kindness, to brutality and baseness. — Georg Brandes
One must be frank to be relevant. — Corazon Aquino
Isn't beer the holy libation of sincerity? The potion that dispels all hypocrisy, any charade of fine manners? The drink that does nothing worse than… — Milan Kundera
Frankness is a jewel; only the young can afford it. — Mark Twain
The historian should be fearless and incorruptible; a man of independence, loving frankness and truth; one who, as the poets says, calls a fig a… — Lucian
As far as the education of children is concerned I think they should be taught not the little virtues but the great ones. Not thrift… — Natalia Ginzburg
You must study to be frank with the world: frankness is the child of honesty and courage. Say just what you mean to do on… — Robert E. Lee
In a world where success is the measure and justification of all things the figure of Him who was sentenced and crucified remains a stranger… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer
The 'frankness' of people sunk below shame is a very cheap frankness. — C.S. Lewis
I expected so much from life and if I had not seen it so close, I would to this day be expecting something. What treasures… — Ivan Goncharov
A sound marriage is not based on complete frankness; it is based on a sensible reticence. — Morris L. Ernst
Adhere To - Faith, Unity, Sacrifice. Avoid - Back-biting, Falsehood and Crookedness. Admire - Frankness, Honesty, and Large-heartedness. Control - Tongue, Temper, and Tossing of… — Sivananda
A crook is a crook, and there's something healthy about his frankness in the matter. But any guy who pretends he is enforcing the law… — Al Capone
There is no wisdom like frankness. — Benjamin Disraeli
The ease of his manner freed me from painful restraint; the friendly frankness, as correct as cordial, with which he treated me, drew me to… — Charlotte Bronte
Crowds stand around all day long and criticise that bridge, and find fault with it, and tell with unlimited frankness how it ought to have… — Mark Twain
People are unreasonable, illogical and self-centered. Love them anyway.... Honesty and frankness make you vulnerable. Be honest and frank anyway.... What you spend years building… — Mother Teresa
Frankness is usually a euphemism for rudeness. — Muriel Spark
One man's frankness is another man's vulgarity. — Kevin Smith
We are franker towards others than towards ourselves. — Friedrich Nietzsche
It is the weak and confused who worship the pseudosimplicities of brutal directness. — Marshall McLuhan
A marriage based on full confidence, based on complete and unqualified frankness on both sides; they are not keeping anything back; there's no deception underneath… — Henrik Ibsen
The sailor is frankness, the landsman is finesse. Life is not a game with the sailor, demanding the long head — Herman Melville
Honesty and wisdom are such a delightful pastime, at another person's expense! — Nathaniel Hawthorne
Lies kill love, it's been said. Well, what about frankness, then. — Abel Hermant

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