#honesty

Falsehood is never in words; it is in things. ↗

— Italo Calvino

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Maybe my expectations for honesty are too high. ↗

— Kelley Armstrong

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Say what you have to say, not what you ought. Any truth is better than make-believe. ↗

— Henry David Thoreau

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Don't ever regret being honest. Period. ↗

— Taylor Swift

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The most boring thing in the entire world is nudity. The second most boring thing is honesty. ↗

— Chuck Palahniuk

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I am a politician which means I am a liar and a crook. When I am not kissing babies I am stealing their lollypops. ↗

— Tom Clancy

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I think honesty is the most heroic quality one can aspire to. ↗

— Daniel Radcliffe

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There’s more to honesty than … than an arrangement of words. They say faeries can’t lie, but you lie in your intentions, your attitude, your demeanor — ↗

— Cassandra Clare

#honesty #attitude

Was it necessary to tell me that you wanted nothing in the world but me?' The corners of his mouth drooped peevishly. Oh, my dear, it's rather hard to take quite literally the things a man says when he's in love with you.' Didn't you mean them?' At the moment. ↗

— W. Somerset Maugham

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Treat those who are good with goodness, and also treat those who are not good with goodness. Thus goodness is attained. Be honest to those who are honest, and be also honest to those who are not honest. Thus honesty is attained. ↗

— Lao Tzu

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