Not Honest Quotes

• Being entirely honest with oneself is a good exercise.

  Sigmund Freud

  Inspiring, Education, Teacher

  Sigmund Freud (1954). “The Origns of Psycho- Analysis”

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  Being honest may not get you a lot of friends but it’ll always get you the right ones

  John Lennon

  Inspirational, Friendship, Best Friend

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• If you tell the truth you do not need a good memory!

  Mark Twain

  Truth, Honesty, Memories

  Mark Twain, Classics HD (2015). “Adventures of Huckleberry Finn: by Mark Twain (Illustrated and Unabridged)”, p.2, Classics HD

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• To be direct and honest is not safe.

  William Shakespeare

  Honesty, Safe, Direct

  'Othello' (1602-4) act 3, sc. 3, l. 376

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• Treat those who are good with goodness, and also treat those who are not good with goodness. Thus goodness is attained. Be honest to those who are honest, and be also honest to those who are not honest. Thus honesty is attained.

  Laozi

  Honesty, Taoism, Enlightening

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• Honesty is always the best policy.

  George Washington

  Honesty, Supposing That, Candor

  George Washington, John Jay, Jared Sparks (1850). “Washington's Farewell Address to the People of the United States of America”, p.46, New York : J. Wiley

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• Too often we underestimate the power of a touch.

  Leo Buscaglia

  Smile, Appreciation, Kindness

  "Love". Book by Leo Buscaglia, 1972.

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• Though I am not naturally honest, I am sometimes so by chance.

  William Shakespeare

  Truth, Honesty, Chance

  'The Winter's Tale' (1610-1) act 4, sc. 3, l. [734]

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• It is discouraging how many people are shocked by honesty and how few by deceit.

  Noel Coward

  Honesty, Lying, People

  Noel Coward (1979). “Plays, four”, Methuen Drama

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

  Alexander Pope

  Honesty, Character, Men

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

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• A person should not be too honest. Straight trees are cut first and honest people are screwed first.

  Chanakya

  Integrity, Cutting, People

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• To believe in something, and not to live it, is dishonest.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Inspirational, Honesty, Believe

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Unless you're ashamed of yourself now and then, you're not honest

  William Faulkner

  Life, Honesty, Now And Then

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• You may talk about religion and speak about the Gospel, and say we have got the truth and the plan of salvation, and we have got the authority of the Priesthood; but if we are not honest, it does not amount to anything; for neither God nor honorable men love dishonesty. We must, therefore, be an honest people.

  George Q. Cannon

  Honesty, Men, Honorable Man

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• I would love to say how nice it is to see you again, but that would be a lie. And I am nothing if not honest.

  Kami Garcia

  Nice, Lying, Would Be

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• I'm nothing if not honest.

  Richard Dreyfuss

  Honest, Ifs

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• Until I read Anne Frank's diary, I had found books a literal escape from what could be the harsh reality around me. After I read the diary, I had a fresh way of viewing the both literature and the world. From then on, I found I was impatient with books that were not honest or that were trivial and frivolous.

  Alexandra Fuller

  Book, Reality, Diaries

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• I would say that today, dishonesty is the rule, and honesty the exception. It could be, statistically, that more people are honest than dishonest, but the few that really control things are not honest, and that tips the balance.

  Frank Zappa

  Honesty, People, Balance

  Frank Zappa, Peter Occhiogrosso (1990). “Real Frank Zappa Book”, p.208, Simon and Schuster

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• People know when they've betrayed themselves. They are very much aware when they are not honest with themselves. They hear the voice that says, "You shouldn't have said that" or "You know that's not right."

  Caroline Myss

  Voice, People, Betrayed

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• Those who are not schooled and practised in truth [who are not honest and upright men] can never manage aright the government, nor yet can those who spend their lives as closet philosophers; because the former have no high purpose to guide their actions, while the latter keep aloof from public life.

  Plato

  Men, Purpose, Upright Man

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• Be honest with yourself. The world is not honest with you. The world loves hypocrisy. When you are honest with yourself you find the road to inner peace.

  Paramahansa Yogananda

  World Love, Hypocrisy, Inner Peace

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• You can't truly love someone if you also love yourself, just as you can't love someone if you are not honest with them and they with you - otherwise it's just infatuation and desire.

  Benjamin Stone

  Love You, Desire, Honest

  Interview with Ocean Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com. December 31, 2013.

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• You ever hear girls say that? "I'm not religious, but I'm spiritual." I like to reply with "I'm not honest, but you're interesting!"

  Daniel Tosh

  Funny, Girl, Spiritual

  "Comedy Central Presents: Daniel Tosh". Documentary, Comedy, 2003.

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• If your not honest with yourself, how the hell are you gonna be honest with me.

  Phife Dawg

  Honest, Hell, Ifs

  Source: djbooth.net

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• I'm not honest, but you're interesting!

  Daniel Tosh

  Interesting, Honest

  "Comedy Central Presents/ Daniel Tosh". Documentary, Comedy, July 25, 2003.

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