Honesty Quotes

No legacy is so rich as honesty. ~ All's Well That Ends Well by William Shakespeare War makes thieves of many honest folk. ~ A Storm of Swords by George R. R. Martin "And what, incidentally, do you think integrity is? The ability not to pick a watch out of your neighbor's pocket? No, it's not as easy as that. If that were all, I'd say ninety-five percent of humanity were honest, upright men. Only, as you can see, they aren't. Integrity is the ability to stand by an idea. That presupposes the ability to think. Thinking is something one doesn't borrow or pawn." ~ The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand The world prefers decorum to honesty. ~ Diana of the Crossways by George Meredith It has now become the doctrine of a large class of politicians that political honesty is unnecessary, slow, subversive of a man's interests, and incompatible with quick onward movement. ~ The Three Clerks by Anthony Trollope "I think the greatest rogues are they who talk most of their honesty." ~ The Three Clerks by Anthony Trollope "There is no wisdom like frankness." ~ Sybil by Benjamin Disraeli "Honest people don't hide their deeds." ~ Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte