Honesty Sayings and Quotes
While it may not always be comfortable, telling the truth is the best policy. There’s no need to remember a story or keep track of a lie if you’re honest from the beginning. Save yourself the headache with the collection of wise and insightful honesty quotes below.
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A clear conscience is more valuable than wealth.
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A fair exchange is no robbery.
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A friend's eye is a good mirror.
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A loan though old is not a gift.
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A man who never made a mistake, never made anything.
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An apple a day keeps the doctor away.
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Avoid dishonest gain: no price can recompence the pangs of vice.
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Caesar's wife must be above suspicion.
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Dally not with other folk's spouses or money.
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Don't pretend to be something you aren't.
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Don't take any wooden nickels.
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Following the path of least resistence is what makes both men and rivers crooked.
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From the fullness of the heart, the mouth speaks.
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Half the truth is often a whole lie.
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He that first cries out "stop thief" is often he that has stolen the treasure.
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He that steals an egg will steal an ox.
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Honesty is the best policy.
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It is better to suffer for truth than to prosper by falsehood.
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Keep conscience clear, then never fear.
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Keep thy shop and thy shop will keep thee.
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Let's get things straight.
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Making money selling manure is better than losing money selling musk.
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No legacy is as rich as honesty.
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Pay what you owe and what you're worth you'll know.
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Possession is nine tenths of the law.
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The best thing about telling the truth is...you don't have to remember what you said!
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The contented person can never be ruined.
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The sting of a reproach is the truth of it.
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When a thief kisses you, count your teeth.
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You can fool people some of the time, but you can't fool them all of the time.
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No man has a good enough memory to be a successful liar.
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If you have integrity nothing else matters. If you don't have integrity nothing else matters.
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Anyone who doesn't take truth seriously in small matters cannot be trusted in large ones either.
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An honest man's the noblest work of God.
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The least initial deviation from the truth is multiplied later a thousand fold.
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One of the hardest things in this world is to admit you are wrong. And nothing is more helpful in resolving a situation than its frank admission.
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Honesty is such a lonely word. Everyone is so untrue.
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Honest hearts produce honest actions.
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A lie can travel half way around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes.
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Most of our faults are more pardonable than the means we use to conceal them.
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Be true to your work your word and your friend.
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He that loseth his honesty hath nothing else to lose.
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The true measure of life is not length, but honesty.
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Honesty is the rarest wealth anyone can possess.
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Honesty pays, but it doesn't seem to pay enough to suit some people.
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Truth, like gold is to be obtained not by its growth, but by washing away from it all that is not gold.
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To believe in something, and not to live it, is dishonest.
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If it is not right do not do it if it is not true do not say it.
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Where is there dignity unless there is honesty?
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If you tell the truth you don't have to remember anything.
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Honesty is the best policy when there is money in it.
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One of the most striking differences between a cat and a lie is that a cat has only nine lives.
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Honesty is the cornerstone of all success, without which confidence and ability to perform shall cease to exist.
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Truth allows you to live with integrity. Everything you do and say shows the world who you really are. Let it be the Truth.
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Honesty does not always bring a response of love, but it is absolutely essential to it.
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What is freedom of expression? Without the freedom to offend, it ceases to exist.
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Being entirely honest with oneself is a good exercise.
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Rather fail with honor than succeed by fraud.
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Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom.
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Science adjusts its views based on what's observed Faith is the denial of observation so that belief can be preserved.
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A truth that's told with bad intent beats all the lies you can invent.
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No legacy is so rich as honesty.
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The foundation stones for a balanced success are honesty character integrity faith love and loyalty.