#ones

He who says there is no such thing as an honest man, you may be sure is himself a knave. ↗

— George Berkeley

#honest #honest man #knave #man #may

Litigant. A person about to give up his skin for the hope of retaining his bones. ↗

— Ambrose Bierce

#bones #give #his #hope #person

Doubt, indulged and cherished, is in danger of becoming denial; but if honest, and bent on thorough investigation, it may soon lead to full establishment of the truth. ↗

— Ambrose Bierce

#bent #cherished #danger #denial #doubt

I think there are a lot of honest people doing honest business on online auctions. But the control on these Web sites is pretty minimal. ↗

— Dan Butler

#business #control #doing #honest #honest people

Everyone is a bore to someone. That is unimportant. The thing to avoid is being a bore to oneself. ↗

— Gerald Brenan

#being #bore #everyone #oneself #someone

If you would have your son to walk honourably through the world, you must not attempt to clear the stones from his path, but teach him to walk firmly over them - not insist upon leading him by the hand, but let him learn to go alone. ↗

— Anne Bronte

#attempt #clear #firmly #go #hand

Prejudices, it is well known, are most difficult to eradicate from the heart whose soil has never been loosened or fertilized by education; they grow firm there, firm as weeds among stones. ↗

— Charlotte Bronte

#been #difficult #education #eradicate #firm

The only honest art form is laughter, comedy. You can't fake it... try to fake three laughs in an hour - ha ha ha ha ha - they'll take you away, man. You can't. ↗

— Lenny Bruce

#art form #away #comedy #fake #form

My friendships and relationships in the conservative world are not predicated on political correctness and enforced conformity of thought. They are based, instead, on mutual respect, honesty and understanding - concepts many modern liberals should consider revisiting. ↗

— Tammy Bruce

#concepts #conformity #conservative #consider #correctness

I prefer the mystic clouds of nostalgia to the real thing, to be honest. ↗

— Robert Wyatt

#honest #i #mystic #nostalgia #prefer