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Sincerity Quotes by Henry David Thoreau
- Sincerity is a great but rare virtue, and we pardon to it much complaining, and the betrayal of many weaknesses.
- After all the field of battle possesses many advantages over the drawing-room. There at least is no room for pretension or excessive ceremony, no shaking…
- Did ever a man try heroism, magnanimity, truth, sincerity, and find that there was no advantage in them - that it was a vain endeavor?
- I sat at a table where were rich food and wine in abundance, and obsequious attendance, but sincerity and truth were not; and I went…
- Perfect sincerity and transparency make a great part of beauty, as in dewdrops, lakes, and diamonds.
More Sincerity Quotes
- But I recognize no infallible authority, even in special questions; consequently, whatever respect I may have for the honesty and the sincerity… — Mikhail Bakunin
- To give real service you must add something which cannot be bought or measured with money, and that is sincerity and integrity. — Douglas Adams
- The essential element in personal magnetism is a consuming sincerity - an overwhelming faith in the importance of the work one has… — Bruce Barton
- I love being down at Occupy Wall Street. The sincerity, the youth involvement, the desire for better, is palpable and moving. There… — Elayne Boosler
- True country music is honesty, sincerity, and real life to the hilt. — Garth Brooks
- Men are convinced of your arguments, your sincerity, and the seriousness of your efforts only by your death. — Albert Camus
- Children go where they find sincerity and authenticity. — Eric Cantona
- The merit of originality is not novelty; it is sincerity. — Thomas Carlyle
- You can take all the sincerity in Hollywood, place it in the navel of a fruit fly and still have room enough… — Fred Allen
- I like to have strong opinions with nothing to back them up with besides my primal sincerity. I like sincerity. I lack… — Kurt Cobain
- Islam was something like a Christian heresy. The early heresies had been full of mad reversals and evasions of the Incarnation, rescuing… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
- Sincerity and truth are the basis of every virtue. — Confucius