"They deem him their worst enemy who tells them the truth."
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"Titles are marks of honest men, and wise; The fool or knave that wears a title lies."
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"A writer should be of as great probity and honesty as a priest of God. He is either honest or not, as a woman is either chaste or not, and after one piece of dishonest writing he is never the same again."
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"Ill-gotten wealth is never stable."
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"Let honesty and industry be thy constant companions, and spend one penny less than thy clear gains; then shall thy pocket begin to thrive; creditors will not insult, nor want oppress, nor hungerness bite, nor nakedness freeze thee"
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"Do not, however, mistake me. It is not to my good friend's heresy that I impute his honesty. On the contrary, 'tis his honesty that brought upon him the character of a heretic."
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"It was a department where you had honesty and integrity stamped right on you when you came into the Los Angeles Police Department. If you violated that, or if you were a dishonest cop, you were terrible. We got rid of you as quickly as possible."
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"In all honesty, we all want our fantasy selves to be the best people. We all think in a time of crisis, we will react heroically and with humanity."
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"I never, ever get involved in politics. With politics you are not allowed to be honest. I don't have time to deal with that. I would rather work with kids."
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"If either wealth or poverty are come by honesty, there is no shame."
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"The man of upright life is obeyed before he speaks."
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"The method of "postulating" what we want has many advantages; they are the same as the advantages of theft over honest toil."
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"To live outside the law, you must be honest."
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"You say you've lost your faith But that's not where it's at You have no faith to lose and you know it"
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"It's much easier to be successful than it is to be relevant. The tricks won't keep you relevant. Tricks might keep you popular for a while, but in all honesty, I don't know how U2 will stay relevant. I know we've got a future. I know we can fill stadiums. And yet with every record, I think, 'Is this it? Are we still relevant?'"
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"Ethical axioms are found and tested not very differently from the axioms of science. Truth is what stands the test of experience."
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"Honesty is the recognition of the fact that the unreal is unreal and can have no value, that neither love nor fame nor cash is a value if obtained by fraud."
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"Honesty has become the second best policy with your spouse…discretions apply elsewhere"
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"Motivational Quotes on: Honesty, Success, Kind There was a tremendous modesty in the man as he spoke, a quietness and dignity. There was a simplicity and honesty and unselfconsciousness, and a tremendous peace."
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"Truth, crushed to earth, shall rise again."
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