36 quotes found
“Being dishonest to himself is the biggest crime any human can make”
“How is it possible that our parents lied to us?""Lets see: Santa, the Tooth Fairy,the Easter bunny,um, God. You're the prettiest kid in school. This wont hurt a bit. Your face will freeze like that...”
“Bullshit makes the flowers grow and that is beautiful”
“Arraigned at my own bar, Memory having given her evidence of the hopes, wishes, sentiments I had been cherishing since last night-- of the general state of mind which I have indulged for nearly a f...”
“If integrity is considered a virtue, it may be because most people lack integrity. Also, as only a few succeed in their pursuits, some may link failure with a lack of integrity. But this is not ful...”
“It is a hard thing for a rich man to grow poor; but it is an awful thing for him to grow dishonest, and some kinds of speculation lead a man deep into dishonesty before he thinks what he is about. ...”
“Whoever claims any right that he is unwilling to accord to his fellow-men is dishonest and infamous.”
“He who permits himself to tell a lie once, finds it much easier to do it the second time.”
“If human nature were not base, but thoroughly honourable, we should in every debate have no other aim than the discovery of truth; we should not in the least care whether the truth proved to be in ...”
“Tolerance! The virtue that makes one bite his tongue so that he can tear out his hair.”
“Unfortunately in today’s world a liar seems to be more reliable than a truthful honest man.”
“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...”
“Some false representations contravene the law; some do not. The law does not pretend to punish everything that is dishonest. That would seriously interfere with business, and, besides, could not be...”
“Brent never trusted anyone who couldn’t look him in the eye. It was a sign of dishonesty.”
