#dishonest

To believe in something, and not to live it, is dishonest. ↗

— Mahatma Gandhi

#dishonest #live #something

The great enemy of the truth is very often not the lie, deliberate, contrived and dishonest, but the myth, persistent, persuasive and unrealistic. ↗

— John F. Kennedy

#deliberate #dishonest #enemy #great #great enemy

And not only the pride of intellect, but the stupidity of intellect. And, above all, the dishonesty, yes, the dishonesty of intellect. Yes, indeed, the dishonesty and trickery of intellect. ↗

— Leo Tolstoy

#dishonesty #intellect #pride #stupidity #tolstoy

Some false representations contravene the law; some do not. The law does not pretend to punish everything that is dishonest. That would seriously interfere with business, and, besides, could not be done. The line between honesty and dishonesty is a narrow, shifting one and usually lets those get by that are the most subtle and already have more than they can use. ↗

— Clarence Darrow

#greed #honesty #rigged-economic-system #business

Don't be afraid of enemies who attack you. Be afraid of the friends who flatter you. ↗

— Dale Carnegie

#inspirational #life #people #inspirational

Nixon was the most dishonest individual I have ever met in my life. He lied to his wife, his family, his friends, his colleagues in the Congress, lifetime members of his own political party, the American people and the world. ↗

— Barry Goldwater

#american people #colleagues #congress #dishonest #ever

Italians know about human nature - they understand human nature perhaps better than anyone else does. They know that people are weak and greedy and lazy and dishonest and they just try to make the best of it; to work around it. ↗

— Donna Leon

#anyone #around #best #better #dishonest

The greatest truth is honesty, and the greatest falsehood is dishonesty. ↗

— Abu Bakr

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Whether people care enough about local news to pay for it is, sadly, an entirely different question than whether our democracy requires a strong watchdog function at the local level to ensure safeguards against abuse, chicanery, and outright dishonesty. ↗

— Eric Alterman

#abuse #against #care #chicanery #democracy

Dishonesty is so grasping it would deceive God himself, were it possible. ↗

— George Bancroft

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