Honest Quote by James Shirley Download Open image “Knaves will thrive when honest plainness knows not how to live.” — James Shirley ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.5 out of 5 (7 ratings) Copy quoteShare Honest Knavery Knaves Knows Plainness Thrive Truth
The worst of all knaves are those who can mimic their former honesty. — Johann Kaspar Lavater Copy Share Image
He who says there is no such thing as an honest man, you may be sure is himself a knave. — George Berkeley Copy Share Image
An entirely honest man, in the severe sense of the word, exists no more than an entirely dishonest knave: the best and the worst… — Johann Kaspar Lavater Copy Share Image
We never deceive people to benefit them, for knavery is a compound of wickedness and falsehood. — Jean de la Bruyere Copy Share Image
We never deceive for a good purpose: knavery adds malice to falsehood. — Jean de la Bruyere Copy Share Image
Even virtue followed beyond reason's rule May stamp the just man knave, the sage a fool. — Horace Copy Share Image
Honesty is the rarest wealth anyone can possess, and yet all the honesty in the world ain't lawful tender for a loaf of bread. — Josh Billings Copy Share Image
Honesty is not only the deepest policy, but the highest wisdom; since, however difficult it may be for integrity to get on, it is… — Charles Caleb Colton Copy Share Image
The truth is never always nice or pleasing but it is always necessary. Truth is needed for growth. — Enhance Dreams Copy Share Image
Hark, how chimes the passing bell! There's no music to a knell; All the other sounds we hear, Flatter, and but cheat our ear.… — James Shirley Copy Share Image
Only the actions of the just, Smell sweet and blossom in their dust. — James Shirley Copy Share Image
Victorious men of earth, no more Proclaim how wide your empires are; Though you bind in every shore And your triumphs reach as far… — James Shirley Copy Share Image
How little room Do we take up in death, that, living, know No bounds! — James Shirley Copy Share Image
“The glories of our blood and state Are shadows, not substantial things; There is no armor against Fate. Death lays his icy hand on… — James Shirley Copy Share Image
The glories of our blood and state, Are shadows, not substantial things; There is no armour against fate, Death lays his icy hand on… — James Shirley Copy Share Image
When our souls shall leave this dwelling, the glory of one fair and virtuous action is above all the 'scutcheons on our tomb, or… — James Shirley Copy Share Image
How strong is a faith that can't stand up to a few honest questions? — Kenneth C. Davis Copy Share Image
What we shall need is not geniuses, or cynics, or misanthropes, or clever tacticians, but plain, honest, straghtforward men. — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
We have a fear of facing ourselves. That is the obstacle. Experiencing the innermost core of our existence is very embarrassing to a lot… — Chogyam Trungpa Copy Share Image
Tobacco is the passion of honest men and he who lives without tobacco is not worthy of living. — Moliere Copy Share Image
It is worthwhile for anyone to have behind him a few generations of honest, hard-working ancestry. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
One of the most basic principles for making and keeping peace within and between nations. . . is that in political, military, moral, and… — Jimmy Carter Copy Share Image
I don't know - to be honest, I don't really model myself after anybody. — Diego Klattenhoff Copy Share Image
There's a certain edge about cruelty. If you're honest about it, most people wince, but say it had to be said. — Pete Waterman Copy Share Image
I have often spoken of integrity as the most important of these values, realizing that integrity – and personal integrity, at that – is… — Verghese Kurien Copy Share Image
I used to not be really honest with girls and then I dropped a song called Starry Room and then I started turning over… — Jaden Smith Copy Share Image
