#honesty

Put a thief among honest men and they will eventually relieve him of his watch. ↗

— Flann O'Brien

#honesty #humanity-and-society #theives #men

The mosh pit will reveal all the answers. The mosh pit never lies. -Norah, Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist ↗

— Rachel Cohn

#music #music

When a man is penalized for honesty he learns to lie. ↗

— Criss Jami

#honesty #human-nature #lying #man #penalize

Though I am not naturally honest, I am sometimes so by chance. ↗

— William Shakespeare

#nature

Sincerity is the fulfillment of our own nature, and to arrive at it we need only follow our own true Self. Sincerity is the beginning and end of existence; without it, nothing can endure. Therefore the mature person values sincerity above all things. ↗

— Tzu-ssu

#honesty #sincerity #nature

I'd rather die holding on to the love I believe in, than to live embracing a love that's a lie. ↗

— Stephan Labossiere

#love #relationships #love

It is not always a problem finding the truth, it is however sometimes a problem accepting it. ↗

— sunny-drunk

#loss #relationships #truth #relationship

I'd rather have cancer than a dishonest heart. Which isn't being pious. Just practical. Cancer may cool you, but the other's sure to. ↗

— Truman Capote

#truth #cancer

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

There's an honesty in our family - my kids and I are able to talk about things without me putting the fear of God into them. ↗

— Billie Joe Armstrong

#about #family #fear #god #honesty