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• Sincerity is the most compendious wisdom.

  Lord Chesterfield

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• Sincerity w the most compendious wisdom, an excellent instrument for the speedy despatch of business. It creates confidence in those we have to deal with, saves the labor of many inquiries, and brings things to an issue in few words.

  Lord Chesterfield

  Issues, Inquiry, Few Words

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• Private sincerity is a public welfare.

  C. A. Bartol

  Welfare, Public Welfare

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• By work alone, men may get to where Buddha got largely by meditation or Christ by prayer. Buddha was a working Jnani, Christ was a Bhakta, but the same goal was reached by both of them. Good motives, sincerity, and infinite love can conquer the world. One single soul possessed of these virtues can destroy the dark designs of millions of hypocrites and brutes.

  Swami Vivekananda

  Prayer, Hypocrite, Dark

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• Concerned we're in a time where politicians can't even fake sincerity. Aren't they supposed to be good at that?

  Bob Saget

  Fake, Politics, Politician

  Twitter post from Sep 01, 2012

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• I believe everyone should have an opportunity to search for truth their own way. Humility, peace, child-like enthusiasm, acceptance, and sincerity is the true infinity engine!

  Akiane Kramarik

  Children, Believe, Humility

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• According to our purpose, motivation and sincerity, which compose our devotion, Krishna reveals Himself to us.

  Radhanath Swami

  Motivation, Purpose, Devotion

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• Sincerity in sadhna and eagerness to serve is the basis of one's relationship with the spiritual master.

  Radhanath Swami

  Spiritual, Masters, Bases

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• Is it not true that your gloominess and bad temper are due to your lack of determination in breaking the subtle snares laid by your own disordered desires? The daily examination of conscience is an indispensible help if we are to follow our Lord with sincerity of heart and integrity of life.

  Josemaria Escriva

  Determination, Integrity, Heart

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• My art and my self-expression in any form has always been an attempt towards sincerity, honesty, and empathy for others. For a multitude of reasons both professional and personal I no longer feel that this is possible within [Crystal Castles]. Although this is the end of the band, I hope my fans will embrace me as a solo artist in the same way they have embraced Crystal Castles.

  Alice Glass

  Art, Honesty, Self

  FaceBook post by Alice Glass from Oct 08, 2014

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• The people at the Café Lehmitz had a presence and a sincerity that I myself lacked. It was okay to be desperate, to be tender, to sit all alone or share the company of others. There was a great warmth and tolerance in this destitute setting.

  Anders Petersen

  People, Tolerance, Desperate

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• Candor is the brightest gem of criticism.

  Benjamin Disraeli

  Criticism, Candor, Gems

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• To be candid, in Middlemarch phraseology, meant, to use an early opportunity of letting your friends know that you did not take a cheerful view of their capacity, their conduct, or their position; and a robust candor never waited to be asked for its opinion.

  George Eliot

  Opportunity, Views, Cheerful

  George Eliot (2016). “Middlemarch”, p.683, Xist Publishing

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• Sincerity is glass, discretion is diamond.

  Andre Maurois

  Glasses, Diamond, Prudence

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• Integrity is crucial for business success - once you can fake that, you've got it made.

  Henry Ford

  Integrity, Fake, Honor

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• Danger lies in the writer becoming the victim of his own exaggeration, losing the exact notion of sincerity, and in the end coming to despise truth itself as something too cold, too blunt for his purpose -- as, in fact, not good enough for his insistent emotion. From laughter and tears the descent is easy to sniveling and giggles.

  Joseph Conrad

  Laughter, Lying, Exaggeration Is

  Joseph Conrad (2015). “The Napoleonic Novels: The Rover & Suspense: From the Renowned Author of The Heart of Darkness, Lord Jim, The Secret Agent and Under Western Eyes (Including Author’s Memoirs, Letters & Critical Essays)”, p.400, e-artnow

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• The young do not demand omniscience. They know it is unattainable. They do demand sincerity.

  Gilbert Highet

  Demand, Unattainable, Young

  GILBERT HIGHET (1950). “THE ART OF TEACHING”

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• I think it matters almost infinitely that we practice one of the authentic religions. But if you mean does it make any difference which. The answer is no, as long as each is followed with equal intensity, sincerity, dedication.

  Huston Smith

  Mean, Thinking, Dedication

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• The classical artist can be recognized by his sincerity, the romantic by his laborious insincerity.

  Charles Peguy

  Artist, Insincerity

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• What matters in Politics is what men actually do - sincerity is no excuse for acting unpolitically, and insincerity may be channelled by politics into good results.

  Bernard Crick

  Men, What Matters, Acting

  Bernard Crick (2013). “In Defence of Politics”, p.129, A&C Black

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• When you really need help, people will respond. Sincerity means dropping the image facade and showing a willingness to be vulnerable. Tell it the way it is, lumps and all. Don't worry if your presentation isn't perfect; ask from your heart. Keep it simple, and people will open up to you.

  Jack Canfield

  Inspirational, Mean, Heart

  Jack Canfield, Mark Victor Hansen, Les Hewitt (2012). “The Power of Focus Tenth Anniversary Edition: How to Hit Your Business, Personal and Financial Targets with Absolute Confidence and Certainty”, p.206, Health Communications, Inc.

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• All men love peace in their armchairs after dinner; but they disbelieve the other nations's professions, rightly measuring its sincerity by their own.

  Oscar W. Firkins

  Peace, Men, Dinner

  Oscar W. Firkins (1934). “Memoirs and Letters”, p.94, U of Minnesota Press

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• An artist will betray himself by some sort of sincerity.

  Gilbert K. Chesterton

  Betrayal, Artist, Betray

  "The Dagger with Wings". Book by Gilbert K. Chesterton, 1926.

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• Clearness marks the sincerity of philosophers.

  Luc de Clapiers

  Philosophy, Philosopher, Mark

  "Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations" by Jehiel Keeler Hoyt (p. 596-97), Pensées Diverses, No. 372. Gilbert's ed. (1857), Volume I, p. 475, 1922.

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• When great assurance accompanies a bad undertaking, such is often mistaken for confiding sincerity by the world at large.

  Juvenal

  World, Assurance, Mistaken

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