#honesty

It is inaccurate to say that I hate everything. I am strongly in favor of common sense, common honesty, and common decency. This makes me forever ineligible for public office. ↗

— H. L. Mencken

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Confidence in others' honesty is no light testimony of one's own integrity. ↗

— Michel de Montaigne

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Philip Larkin has a tough honesty and sense of humor that I find irresistible, as a contemporary poet. ↗

— Robert Morgan

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The first question at that time in poetry was simply the question of honesty, of sincerity. ↗

— George Oppen

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The American people voted to restore integrity and honesty in Washington, D.C., and the Democrats intend to lead the most honest, most open and most ethical Congress in history. ↗

— Nancy Pelosi

#american people #congress #democrats #ethical #history

Honesty is for the most part less profitable than dishonesty. ↗

— Plato

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The very spring and root of honesty and virtue lie in good education. ↗

— Plutarch

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Honesty is the cruelest game of all, because not only can you hurt someone - and hurt them to the bone - you can feel self-righteous about it at the same time. ↗

— Dave Van Ronk

#because #bone #cruelest #feel #game

An autobiography is not about pictures; it's about the stories; it's about honesty and as much truth as you can tell without coming too close to other people's privacy. ↗

— Boris Becker

#autobiography #close #coming #honesty #much

For a long time I tried to manage an honesty and openness about my personal life because I'm human and I'm normal - well, semi-normal. ↗

— Johnny Depp

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