"Nothing indeed can be a stronger presumption of falsehood than the approbation of the multitude."
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"Honesty means nothing until you are tested under circumstances where you are sure you could get away with dishonesty."
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"Great spirits have always found violent opposition from mediocre minds. The latter cannot understand it when a man does not thoughtlessly submit to hereditary prejudices but honestly and courageously uses his intelligence."
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"To love truth for truth's sake is the principal part of human perfection in this world, and the seed-plot of all other virtues."
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"Rich honesty dwells like a miser, Sir, in a poor house; as your pearl in your foul oyster."
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"An honest man can feel no pleasure in the exercise of power over his fellow citizens."
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"Cynicism is the only form in which base souls approach honesty."
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"All lies and jests, still a man hears what he wants to hear and disregards the rest."
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"The good I stand on is my truth and honesty."
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"People tend to measure themselves by external accomplishments, but jail allows a person to focus on internal ones; such as honesty, sincerity, simplicity, humility, generosity and an absence of variety. You learn to look into yourself."
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"It is astonishing what force, purity, and wisdom it requires for a human being to keep clear of falsehoods."
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"Good thoughts bear good fruit, bad thoughts bear bad fruit."
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"We have to think and see how we can fundamentally change our education system so that we can train people to develop warm-heartedness early on in order to create a healthier society. I don't mean we need to change the whole system, just improve it. We need to encourage an understanding that inner peace comes from relying on human values like, love, compassion, tolerance and honesty, and that peace in the world relies on individuals finding inner peace."
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"Honesty stands at the gate and knocks, and bribery enters in."
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"A cat has absolute emotional honesty: human beings, for one reason or another, may hide their feelings, but a cat does not."
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"Although human beings are incapable of talking about themselves with total honesty, it is much harder to avoid the truth while pretending to be other people. They often reveal much about themselves in a very straightforward way. I am certain that I did. There is nothing that says more about its creator than the work itself."
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"It is not so easy to keep silent when the silence is a lie."
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"Character is far more important than intellect in making a man a good citizen or successful at his calling- meaning by character not only such qualities as honesty and truthfulness, but courage, perseverance and self-reliance."
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"The shortest and surest way to live with honor in the world, is to be in reality what we would appear to be, all human virtues increase and strengthen themselves by the practice and experience of them."
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"Never esteem anything as of advantage to you that will make you break your word or lose your self-respect."
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