Honest Quote by Richard Whately Download Open image “Honesty is the best policy; but he who is governed by that maxim is not an honest man.” — Richard Whately ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.9 out of 5 (3 ratings) Copy quoteShare Honest Honest man Honesty Honesty is the best policy Maxims Men Policy Truth
We may argue eloquently that 'Honesty is the best Policy' - unfortunately, the moment honesty is adopted for the sake of policy it mysteriously… — Dorothy L. Sayers Copy Share Image
Honesty is a question of right and wrong, not a matter of policy — Michel de Montaigne Copy Share Image
Honesty is the best policy ; a policy is, after all, a strategy for living in the polis in the city. — Samuel R. Delany Copy Share Image
Certainly he is not of the generation that regards honesty as the best policy. However, he does regard it as a policy. — Walter Lippmann Copy Share Image
The trite saying that 'honesty is the best policy' has met with the just criticism that honesty is not policy. The seems to be… — Robert E. Lee Copy Share Image
Let none of us delude himself by supposing that honesty is always the best policy. It is not. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I hold the maxim no less applicable to public than to private affairs, that honesty is always the best policy. — George Washington Copy Share Image
It is worth noticing that those who assume an imposing demeanor and seek to pass themselves off for something beyond what they are, are… — Richard Whately Copy Share Image
Of Rhetoric various definitions have been given by different writers; who, however, seem not so much to have disagreed in their conceptions of the… — Richard Whately Copy Share Image
The power of duly appreciating little things belongs to a great mind... — Richard Whately Copy Share Image
Falsehood, like the dry-rot, flourishes the more in proportion as air and light are excluded. — Richard Whately Copy Share Image
Of all hostile feelings, envy is perhaps the hardest to be subdued, because hardly any one owns it even to himself, but looks out… — Richard Whately Copy Share Image
Geologists complain that when they want specimens of the common rocks of a country, they receive curious spars; just so, historians give us the… — Richard Whately Copy Share Image
Reason can no more influence the will, and operate as a motive, than the eyes which show a man his road can enable him… — Richard Whately Copy Share Image
Eloquence is relative. One can no more pronounce on the eloquence of any composition than the wholesomeness of a medicine, without knowing for whom… — Richard Whately Copy Share Image
Falsehood, like poison, will generally be rejected when administered alone; but when blended with wholesome ingredients may be swallowed unperceived. — Richard Whately Copy Share Image
Though not always called upon to condemn ourselves, it is always safe to suspect ourselves. — Richard Whately 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
