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Honesty15 quotes
I was so free with him as not to mince the matter. — Miguel de Cervantes · 1605While you live, tell truth and shame the devil! — William Shakespeare · 1597Being totally honest with oneself is a good exercise. — Sigmund Freud · 1897I call a fig a fig, a spade a spade. — Menander · 290 BCThough I am not naturally honest, I am so sometimes by chance. — William Shakespeare · 1611It is wise to disclose what cannot be concealed. — Friedrich Schiller · 1787All 15 quotes →Truth3 quotes
While you live, tell truth and shame the devil! — William Shakespeare · 1597Be it art or hap,
He hath spoken true. — William Shakespeare · 1607Against my soul's pure truth why labor you
To make it wander in an unknown field? — William Shakespeare · 1594Candor2 quotes
I was so free with him as not to mince the matter. — Miguel de Cervantes · 1605It is wise to disclose what cannot be concealed. — Friedrich Schiller · 1787Character2 quotes
An honest man's the noblest work of God. — Alexander Pope · 1733Men should be what they seem. — William Shakespeare · 1604Personal integrity2 quotes
Men should be what they seem. — William Shakespeare · 1604He who says there is no such thing as an honest man, you may be sure is himself a knave. — George Berkeley · 1750Dishonesty1 quote
Against my soul's pure truth why labor you
To make it wander in an unknown field? — William Shakespeare · 1594Fortuitous occurrences1 quote
Though I am not naturally honest, I am so sometimes by chance. — William Shakespeare · 1611Friendliness1 quote
The social, friendly, honest man,
Whate'er he be,
'Tis he fulfills great Nature's plan,
An' none but he! — Robert Burns · 1785Keeping it real1 quote
I call a fig a fig, a spade a spade. — Menander · 290 BCLimits of language1 quote
No one means all he says, and yet very few say all they mean, for words are slippery and thought is viscous. — Henry Adams · 1907Man as social animal1 quote
The social, friendly, honest man,
Whate'er he be,
'Tis he fulfills great Nature's plan,
An' none but he! — Robert Burns · 1785Meaning of words1 quote
No one means all he says, and yet very few say all they mean, for words are slippery and thought is viscous. — Henry Adams · 1907Personal development1 quote
Being totally honest with oneself is a good exercise. — Sigmund Freud · 1897Secrets1 quote
It is wise to disclose what cannot be concealed. — Friedrich Schiller · 1787Temptation1 quote
Against my soul's pure truth why labor you
To make it wander in an unknown field? — William Shakespeare · 1594