Quote by G.K. Chesterton Download Open image ““I might point out that the rich do not so much buy honesty as curtains to cover dishonesty.”” — G.K. Chesterton ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.8 out of 5 (10 ratings) Copy quoteShare
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“Most people couldn't be rich if they wanted to be honest; most people couldn't be honest if they wanted to be rich.” — Margaret Peterson Haddix Copy Share Image
“My honesty now is merely a long-term investment in my own plausibility. Because there may come a day when I really need to lie,… — Jo Nesbø Copy Share Image
“It's a sad reflection on society how many people are shocked by honesty... and how few by dishonesty.” — Noël Coward Copy Share Image
“People can live with only so much honesty. And sometimes, people can surprise you.” — Libba Bray Copy Share Image
“Dishonesty is like a boomerang. Just when you think all is well, it hits you in the back of your head.” — Pavan Choudary Copy Share Image
“Every touch a lie. I have paid her so much false coin that she half thinks she's rich.” — George R.R. Martin Copy Share Image
“I guess when you’re one of the richest people on the planet, you can buy yourself a window that never shows you anything ugly.” — Mira Grant Copy Share Image
“Stop cheating to be rich. Stop stealing to be wealthy. Stop siphoning the valuables of other people to keep for yourself.” — Israelmore Ayivor Copy Share Image
“Don't forget that most men with nothing would rather protect the possibility of becoming rich than face the reality of being poor.” — Sherman Edwards Copy Share Image
“I never use paradox. The statements I make are wearisome and obvious common sense. I have even been driven to the tedium of reading… — G.K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
“Nothing, again, could be more prosaic and impenetrable than the domestic energies of Miss Diana Duke. But Innocent had somehow blundered on the discovery… — G.K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
“The mass of men have been forced to be gay about the little things, but sad about the big ones. Nevertheless (I offer my… — G.K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
“ask yourself how many people you have met who grumbled at a thing as incurable, and how many who attacked it as curable? How… — G.K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
“The human race, to which so many of my readers belong, has been playing at children's games from the beginning, and will probably do… — G.K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
“Internationalism is in any case hostile to democracy….The only purely popular government is local, and founded on local knowledge. The citizens can rule the… — G.K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
“There was a short railway official travelling up to the terminus, three fairly short market-gardeners picked up two stations afterwards, one very short widow… — G.K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
“Humility is the mother of giants. One sees great things from the valley; only small things from the peak.” — G.K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
“There exists in such a case a certain institution or law; let us say for the sake of simplicity, a fence or gate erected… — G.K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
“Man, by a blind instinct, knew that if once things were wildly questioned, reason could be questioned first. The authority of priests to absolve,… — G.K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
“It is idle to talk always of the alternative of reason and faith. Reason is itself a matter of faith. It is an act… — G.K. Chesterton Copy Share Image