36 quotes found
“Don't be afraid of enemies who attack you. Be afraid of the friends who flatter you.”
“Tolerance! The virtue that makes one bite his tongue so that he can tear out his hair.”
“Good name in man and woman, dear my lord,Is the immediate jewel of their souls:Who steals my purse steals trash; tis something, nothing;twas mine, tis his, and has been slave to thousands;But he th...”
“I am a politician which means I am a liar and a crook. When I am not kissing babies I am stealing their lollypops.”
“Move away from Machiavellian hearts. Manipulative people can frame you up even if you have a humble, simple and generous heart. Question their motive. ~ Angelica Hopes, K.H. Trilogy”
“Unfortunately in todays world a liar seems to be more reliable than a truthful honest man.”
“One percent of people will always be honest and never steal," the locksmith said. "Another one percent will always be dishonest and always try to pick your lock and steal your television. And the r...”
“Some false representations contravene the law; some do not. ... The sensibilities of no two men are the same. Some would refuse to sell property without carefully explaining all about its merits an...”
“Lying is done with words, and also with silence.”
“She had never been able to tolerate dishonesty, which she thought threatened the very heart of relationships between people. If you could not count on other people to mean what they said, or to do ...”
“All historical writing, even the most honest, is unconsciously subjective, since every age is bound, in spite of itself, to make the dead perform whatever tricks it finds necessary for its own peac...”
“It takes extraordinary mental discipline to transmit human experience without perversion. Truth telling is unnatural. Lying is an important aspect of humanity. We lie to other people to prevent hur...”
“There is perhaps no phenomenon which contains so much destructive feeling as 'moral indignation,' which permits envy or hate to be acted out under the guise of virtue.”
“There are only two kinds of men in this world: Honest men and dishonest men. ...Any man who says the world owes him a living is dishonest. The same God that made you and me made this earth. And He ...”
“half truths equal whole lies”
“A partial truth is the most common path to an entire lie.”
“Brent never trusted anyone who couldnt look him in the eye. It was a sign of dishonesty.”
“Honesty is the best insurance policy.”
“The deception of others is almost always rooted in the deception of ourselves.”
“Put a thief among honest men and they will eventually relieve him of his watch.”
