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I hold the maxim no less applicable to public than to private affairs, that honesty is the best policy.
GEORGE WASHINGTON, Farewell Address to the People of the United States
Honest people don't hide their deeds.
EMILY BRONTE, Wuthering Heights
Children and fools speak true.
I'm just honest, I like that I don't have to worry about what I say. I really don't have the time or energy to pretend and I don't want to live that way.
ANGELINA JOLIE, interview, Jun. 13, 2001
Being entirely honest with oneself is a good exercise.
SIGMUND FREUD, letter to Wilhelm Fliess, Oct. 15, 1897
A little sincerity is a dangerous thing, and a great deal of it is absolutely fatal.
OSCAR WILDE, The Critic as Artist
I would replace the quality of sincerity with honesty, since one can hold a conviction sincerely without examining it, while honesty would require that one subject one's convictions to frequent scrutiny.
CHRISTOPHER PHILLIPS, Socrates Cafe
Honest people are never touchy about the matter of being trusted.
A few honest men are better than numbers.
OLIVER CROMWELL, letter to Sir W. Spring, Sept. 1643
The truth is never dangerous. Except when told.
PHILIP MOELLER, Helena's Husband
With death comes honesty.
SALMAN RUSHDIE, The Satanic Verses
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