Honest Quote by William Hazlitt Download Open image “An honest man speaks the truth, though it may give offence; a vain man, in order that it may.” — William Hazlitt ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.4 out of 5 (10 ratings) Copy quoteShare Honest Honest man May Offence Order Truth Vain
Of cases where a man is truthful both in speech and conduct when no considerations of honesty come in, from an habitual sincerity of disposition. Such sincerity may be esteemed a moral excellence; for the lover of truth, who is truthful even when nothing depends on it, will a fortiori be truthful when some interest is at stake, since having… — Aristotle Copy Share
A man says something. Sometimes it turns out to be the truth, but this has nothing to do with the man who says it. — Karen Joy Fowler Copy Share Image
The man who boasts that he habitually tells the truth is simply a man with no respect for it. It is not a thing… — H. L. Mencken Copy Share Image
It is not the truth that a man possesses, or believes that he possesses, but the earnest effort which he puts forward to reach… — Gotthold Ephraim Lessing Copy Share Image
An honest man, sir, is able to speak for himself, when a knave is not. — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
All men profess honesty as long as they can. To believe all men honest would be folly. To believe none so is something worse. — John Quincy Adams Copy Share Image
Man is nothing but insincerity, falsehood, and hypocrisy, both in regard to himself and in regard to others. He does not wish that he… — Blaise Pascal Copy Share Image
First impressions are often the truest, as we find (not infrequently) to our cost, when we have been wheedled out of them by plausible… — William Hazlitt Copy Share Image
The art of life is to know how to enjoy a little and to endure very much. — William Hazlitt Copy Share Image
We are thankful for good-will rather than for services, for the motive than the quantum of favor received. — William Hazlitt Copy Share Image
The discussing the characters and foibles of common friends is a great sweetness and cement of friendship. — William Hazlitt Copy Share Image
Want of principle is power. Truth and honesty set a limit to our efforts, which impudence and hypocrisy easily overleap. — William Hazlitt Copy Share Image
We never do anything well till we cease to think about the manner doing it. — William Hazlitt Copy Share Image
Man is the only animal that laughs and weeps; for he is the only animal that is struck with the difference between what things… — William Hazlitt Copy Share Image
Those who have had none of the cares of this life to harass and disturb them, have been obliged to have recourse to the… — William Hazlitt Copy Share Image
Poverty, when it is voluntary, is never despicable, but takes an heroical aspect. — William Hazlitt 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