“There are people who think that honesty is always the best policy. This is a superstition; there are times when the appearance of it is worth six of it.” — Mark Twain, Following the Equator
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“It’s discouraging to think how many people are shocked by honesty and how few by deceit.” — Noël Coward, Blithe Spirit
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“To a man born without conscience, a soul-stricken man must seem ridiculous. To a criminal, honesty is foolish.” — John Steinbeck, East of Eden
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“Because he had nothing to hide, he did perhaps appear to have forfeited a little of his strength. But that is the irony of honesty.” — Patrick White, The Tree of Man
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“I know that I am honest and sincere in my desire to do well; but the question is whether I know enough to accomplish what I desire.” — Grover Cleveland, Letter to his brother Rev. William N. Cleveland (1882-11-07)
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“Magicians are the most honest people in the world; they tell you they’re gonna fool you, and then they do it.” — James Randi, An Honest Liar
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“Every man, when he gets quiet, when he becomes desperately honest with himself, is capable of profound truths.” — Henry Miller, Sexus
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“Wisdom without honesty is mere craft and cozenage.” — Ben Jonson, Timber: or, Discoveries made upon men and matter
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“I wish that I may never think the smiles of the great and powerful a sufficient inducement to turn aside from the straight path of honesty and the convictions of my own mind.” — David Ricardo, The Works and Correspondence of David Ricardo, Vol. VII
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“Superiority makes every man feel its equal. It is courtesy without condescension; affability without familiarity; self-sufficiency without selfishness; simplicity without snide. It weighs sixteen ounces to the pound without the package, and it doesn’t need a four-colored label to make it go.” — George Horace Lorimer, Letters from a Self-Made Merchant to His Son
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