Distrust Quote by Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Whatever distrust we may have of the sincerity of those who converse with us, we always believe they will tell us more truth than…

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

However much we may distrust men's sincerity, we always believe they speak to us more sincerely than to others.

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Sincerity has to do with the connexion between our words and thoughts, and not between our beliefs and actions.

— William Hazlitt

Our distrust justifies the deceit of others.

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Everyone realizes that one can believe little of what people say about each other. But it is not so widely realized that even less…

— Rebecca West

What we are communicates far more eloquently than anything we say or do. There are people we trust because we know their character. Whether…

— Stephen Covey

Sincerity is a great but rare virtue, and we pardon to it much complaining, and the betrayal of many weaknesses.

— Henry David Thoreau

We know that passion, prejudice, party, and even good-will, tempt many who preserve a fair character with the world to deviate from truth in…

— Laurence Fishburne

We talk about honesty, but the reality is we have lots of human values, and they are not all compatible. We don't always tell…

— Dan Ariely

We reveal more of ourselves in the lies we tell than we do when we try to tell the truth.

— Dorothy Salisbury Davis

Very seldom do we receive any support for trusting ourselves, listening to our own sense of inner truth, and expressing ourselves in a direct…

— Shakti Gawain

To believe that everyone is honest is folly, but to believe that no one is honest is worse.

— John Quincy Adams