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• Dishonest people conceal their faults from themselves as well as others, honest people know and confess them.

  Christian Nestell Bovee

  Truth, People, Faults

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• Honest people don't hide their deeds.

  Emily Bronte

  Reality, People, Deeds

  Emily Bronte “Wuthering Heights”, Lulu.com

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• An honest man's the noblest work of God.

  Alexander Pope

  Character, Men, Religion

  An Essay on Man Epistle 4, l. 248 (1734)

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• Honesty pays, but it doesn't seem to pay enough to suit some people.

  Kin Hubbard

  Truth, People, Pay

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• Honest hearts produce honest actions.

  Brigham Young

  Heart, Ethics, Action

  Brigham Young (1858). “Journal of Discourses”

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• Have the courage to say no. Have the courage to face the truth. Do the right thing because it is right. These are the magic keys to living your life with integrity.

  W. Clement Stone

  Strength, Inspiring, Courage

  "Teen Ink: What Matters". Book by Stephanie H. Meyer, John Meyer and Peggy Veljkovic (p. 309), April 15, 2003.

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• No such thing as a man willing to be honest - that would be like a blind man willing to see.

  F. Scott Fitzgerald

  Truth, Men, Would Be

  F. Scott Fitzgerald (2009). “The Crack-Up”, p.124, New Directions Publishing

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• One of the most striking differences between a cat and a lie is that a cat has only nine lives.

  Mark Twain

  Funny, Life, Witty

  Pudd'nhead Wilson ch. 7, "Pudd'nhead Wilson's Calendar" (1894)

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• Honesty is not only the deepest policy, but the highest wisdom; since, however difficult it may be for integrity to get on, it is a thousand times more difficult for knavery to get off; and no error is more fatal than that of those who think that Virtue has no other reward because they have heard that she is her own.

  Charles Caleb Colton

  Integrity, Thinking, Errors

  Charles Caleb Colton (1832). “Lacon: Or Many Things in Few Words, Addressed to Those who Think”

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• He that loseth his honesty hath nothing else to lose.

  John Lyly

  Loses

  John Lyly, Leah Scragg (2003). “John Lyly 'Euphues: the Anatomy of Wit' and 'Euphues and His England': An Annotated, Modern-Spelling Edition”, p.55, Manchester University Press

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• The root of honesty is an honest intention, the distinct and deliberate purpose to be true, to handle facts as they are, and not as we wish them to be. Facts lend themselves to manipulation. Many a butcher's hand is worth more than its weight in gold. What we want things to be, we come to see them to be; and the tailor pulls the coat and the truth into a perfect fit from his point of view.

  Maltbie Davenport Babcock

  Roots, Views, Hands

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• Honesty is not only "the first step toward greatness," - it is greatness itself.

  Christian Nestell Bovee

  Inspirational, Greatness, Firsts

  "Many Thoughts of Many Minds" by Louis Klopsch, (p. 133), 1896.

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• Honesty is the best policy - when there is money in it.

  Mark Twain

  Funny, Sarcastic, Money

  Mark Twain (2012). “The Wit and Wisdom of Mark Twain: A Book of Quotations”, p.33, Courier Corporation

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• There is always a way to be honest without being brutal.

  Arthur Dobrin

  Trust, Truth, Kindness

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• I am not bound to win, but I am bound to be true. I am not bound to succeed, but I am bound to live up to the light I have. I must stand with anybody that stands right - stand with him while he is right and part with him when he goes wrong.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

  "The Baptist Teacher for Sunday-school Workers : Vol. 36", (p. 483), August 1905.

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• Let honesty be as the breath of thy soul; then shalt thou reach the point of happiness, and independence shall be thy shield and buckler, thy helmet and crown; then shall thy soul walk upright, nor stoop to the silken wretch because he hath riches, nor pocket an abuse because the hand which offers it wears a ring set with diamonds.

  Benjamin Franklin

  Lying, Hands, Soul

  Benjamin Franklin (1824). “The Works with His Life /Franklin, Benjamin”, p.149

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• Lying damages others. Lying subtly permits us to destroy ourselves as we are caught in the snare and shatter our own self-image and credibility. Freedom from deceit and lying improves self and gives all of us peace of mind.

  Marvin J. Ashton

  Lying, Self, Giving

  Marvin J. Ashton (1982). “Ye Are My Friends”, Shadow Mountain

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• Honesty does not always bring a response of love, but it is absolutely essential to it.

  Ray Blanton

  Love, Essentials, Doe

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• Men occasionally stumble over the truth, but most of them pick themselves up and hurry off as if nothing had happened.

  Winston Churchill

  Inspirational, Funny, Life

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• When truth is divided, errors multiply.

  Eli Siegel

  Errors, Ethics, Truth Is

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• Be true to your work, your word, and your friend.

  Henry David Thoreau

  Motivational, Friendship, Nature

  Henry David Thoreau (2015). “Thoreau on Nature: Sage Words on Finding Harmony with the Natural World”, p.15, Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.

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• As I have said, the first thing is to be honest with yourself. You can never have an impact on society if you have not changed yourself... Great peacemakers are all people of integrity, of honesty, but humility.

  Nelson Mandela

  Motivational, Confidence, Integrity

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  Sex is full of lies. The body tries to tell the truth. But, it's usually too battered with rules to be heard, and bound with pretenses so it can hardly move. We cripple ourselves with lies.

  Jim Morrison

  Sex, Truth, Lying

  "Into This House We're Born". Book by James Hunt, p. 262, July 1, 2006.

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• It is hard to believe that a man is telling the truth when you know that you would lie if you were in his place.

  H. L. Mencken

  Love, Life, Relationship

  H.L. Mencken “A little book in C major”, Рипол Классик

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• Honesty is such a lonely word. Everyone is so untrue.

  Billy Joel

  Lonely, Insanity, Insane

  Song: Honesty, Album: 52nd Street, 1978

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