Dishonesty Quotes

• Truth exists; only lies are invented.

  Georges Braque

  Art, Truth, Lying

  Le Jour et la nuit: Cahiers 1917-52 (Day and Night, Notebooks, 1952) p. 20

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• Time will inevitably uncover dishonesty and lies; history has no place for them.

  Norodom Sihanouk

  Lying, Deceit, Dishonesty And Lying

  "The Fantasy of King Sihanouk" by Philip Gourevitch, www.newyorker.com. October 15, 2012.

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• Whoever is careless with the truth in small matters cannot be trusted in important affairs.

  Albert Einstein

  Trust, Leadership, Truth

  "Einstein on Politics: His Private Thoughts and Public Stands on Nationalism, Zionism, War, Peace, and the Bomb".

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• All that one gains by falsehood is, not to be believed when he speaks the truth.

  Aristotle

  Lying, Deceit, Gains

  Socrates, Plato, Aristotle (1967). “Wit and Wisdom of Socrates, Plato, Aristotle: Being a Treasury of Thousands of Glorious, Inspiring and Imperishable Thoughts, Views and Observations of the Three Great Greek Philosophers, Classified Under about Four Hundred Subjects for Comparative Study”

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• A rational man never distorts or corrupts his own standards and judgment in order to appeal to the irrationality, stupidity, or dishonesty of others.

  Ayn Rand

  Men, Order, Stupidity

  Ayn Rand (1964). “The Virtue of Selfishness”, p.49, Penguin

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• The greatest truth is honesty, and the greatest falsehood is dishonesty.

  Abu Bakr

  Honesty, Truth Is, Caliphs

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  False words are not only evil in themselves, but they infect the soul with evil.

  Plato

  Truth, Attitude, Lying

  Plato (2011). “The Final Days of Socrates: Euthyphro, Apology, Crito and Phaedo”, p.136, Cosimo, Inc.

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• Before us lie two paths - honesty and dishonesty. The shortsighted embark on the dishonest path; the wise on the honest. For the wise know the truth; in helping others we help ourselves; and in hurting others we hurt ourselves. Character overshadows money, and trust rises above fame. Honesty is still the best policy.

  Napoleon Hill

  Wise, Hurt, Honesty

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• The refusal to take sides on great moral issues is itself a decision. It is a silent acquiescence to evil. The Tragedy of our time is that those who still believe in honesty lack fire and conviction, while those who believe in dishonesty are full of passionate conviction.

  Fulton J. Sheen

  Honesty, Believe, Issues

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• It is a man's own dishonesty, his crimes, his wickedness, and boldness, that takes away from him soundness of mind; these are the furies, these the flames and firebrands, of the wicked.

  Marcus Tullius Cicero

  Men, Flames, Mind

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• Remember: The best deceivers do everything they can to cloak their roguish qualities. They cultivate an air of honesty in one area to disguise their dishonesty in others. Honesty is merely another decoy in their arsenal of weapons.

  Robert Greene

  Honesty, Air, Quality

  Robert Greene (2010). “The 48 Laws Of Power”, p.22, Profile Books

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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, Honesty, People

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• Deceivers are the most dangerous members of society. They trifle with the best affections of our nature, and violate the most sacred obligations.

  George Crabbe

  Lying, Deception, Deceit

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• Every violation of truth is not only a sort of suicide in the liar, but is a stab at the health of human society.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Suicide, Truth, Honesty

  Ralph Waldo Emerson (1964). “The Early Lectures of Ralph Waldo Emerson”, p.318, Harvard University Press

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• If you tell the truth, you don't have to remember anything.

  Mark Twain

  Life, Cheating, Funny Inspirational

  Mark Twain (2010). “Mark Twain's Own Autobiography: The Chapters from the North American Review”, p.43, Univ of Wisconsin Press

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• Anyone who doesn't take truth seriously in small matters cannot be trusted in large ones either.

  Albert Einstein

  Inspirational, Trust, Truth

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• Lying is done with words and also with silence.

  Adrienne Rich

  Truth, Integrity, Liars

  Adrienne Rich (2002). “Arts of the Possible: Essays and Conversations”, p.20, W. W. Norton & Company

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• A thief believes everybody steals.

  E. W. Howe

  Lying, Believe, Thieves

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• Honesty is of God and dishonesty of the devil; the devil was a liar from the beginning.

  Joseph B. Wirthlin

  Honesty, Liars, Devil

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• Lack of clarity is always a sign of dishonesty.

  Celia Green

  Clarity

  "The Decline and Fall of Science". Book by Celia Green, 1976.

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• No public man can be just a little crooked. There is no such thing as a no-man's land between honesty and dishonesty.

  Herbert Hoover

  Honesty, Men, Land

  Herbert Hoover (1955). “Addresses Upon the American Road, 1950-1955”

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• We are never so easily deceived as when we imagine we are deceiving others.

  Francois de La Rochefoucauld

  Lying, Deceiving Others, Imagine

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• People always overdo the matter when they attempt deception.

  Charles Dudley Warner

  Lying, Hype, People

  Charles Dudley Warner (2006). “My Summer in a Garden: Easyread Comfort Edition”, p.44, ReadHowYouWant.com

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• Accuracy is twin brother to honesty, and inaccuracy to dishonesty.

  Nathaniel Hawthorne

  Brother, Honesty, Twins

  "Laconic Manual and Brief Remarker, containing over a thousand subjects alphabetically and systematically arranged". Book by Charles Simmons, p. 20. Chapter: "Accuracy", 1852.

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  Who lies for you will lie against you.

  John Locke

  Truth, Honesty, Lying

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