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Honesty Quotes by Ralph Waldo Emerson
- If men would avoid that general language and general manner in which they strive to hide all that is peculiar, and would say only what…
- A man is not to aim at innocence, any more than he is to aim at hair, but he is to keep it.
- There is ever a slight suspicion of the burlesque about earnest good men.
- Nature forever puts a premium on reality. What is done for effect is seen to be done for effect; what is done for love is…
- Thefts never enrich; alms never impoverish; murder will speak out of stone walls. The least admixture of a lie-for example, the taint of vanity, the…
- Work and thou canst escape the reward; whether the work be fine or course, planting corn or writing epics, so only it be honest work,…
- You must pay for conformity. All goes well as long as you run with conformists. But you, who are honest men in other particulars, know…
- The essence of all jokes, of all comedy, seems to be an honest or well intended halfness; a non performance of that which is pretended…
- Every man takes care that his neighbor shall not cheat him. But a day comes when he begins to care that he does not cheat…
- In failing circumstances no one can be relied on to keep their integrity.
- Deal in our privacy with the last honesty and truth.
- Yet a man may love a paradox, without losing either his wit or his honesty.
- Truth is beautiful, without doubt; but so are lies.
- Nothing is at last sacred but the integrity of your own mind.
- Knowledge is knowing that we cannot know.
- Be silly. Be honest. Be kind.
- Whatever games are played with us, we must play no games with ourselves, but deal in our privacy with the last honesty and truth.
- Every violation of truth is not only a sort of suicide in the liar, but is a stab at the health of human society.
- We commonly say that the rich man can speak the truth, can afford honesty, can afford independence of opinion and action;and thatis the theory of…
More Honesty Quotes
- Plato is dear to me, but dearer still is truth. — Aristotle
- The least initial deviation from the truth is multiplied later a thousandfold. — Aristotle
- Honesty is the cornerstone of all success, without which confidence and ability to perform shall cease to exist. — Mary Kay Ash
- Part of the inhumanity of the computer is that, once it is competently programmed and working smoothly, it is completely honest. — Isaac Asimov
- If it is not right do not do it; if it is not true do not say it. — Marcus Aurelius
- Seldom, very seldom, does complete truth belong to any human disclosure; seldom can it happen that something is not a little disguised,… — Jane Austen
- Your conscience is the measure of the honesty of your selfishness. Listen to it carefully. — Richard Bach
- The greatest truth is honesty, and the greatest falsehood is dishonesty. — Abu Bakr
- But I recognize no infallible authority, even in special questions; consequently, whatever respect I may have for the honesty and the sincerity… — Mikhail Bakunin
- When words become unclear, I shall focus with photographs. When images become inadequate, I shall be content with silence. — Ansel Adams
- I want to be an honest man and a good writer. — James A. Baldwin
- Listen, I think movies serve many different purposes, from those movies that are frivolous and just an entertainment, to movies that just… — Antonio Banderas