Quotes with candor

  • Candor is a proof of both a just frame of mind, and of a good tone of breeding. It is a quality that belongs equally to the honest man and to the gentleman.

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  • Christian Nevell Bovee Every trait of beauty may be referred to some virtue, as to innocence, candor, generosity, modesty, or heroism. St. Pierre To cultivate the sense of the beautiful, is one of the most effectual ways of cultivating an appreciation of the divine goodness.
    Christian Nevell Bovee
    American writer
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  • Walt Whitman All faults may be forgiven of him who has perfect candor.
    Walt Whitman
    American poet, essayist, and journalist (1819 - 1892)
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  • Tacitus Candor and generosity, unless tempered by due moderation, leads to ruin.
    Tacitus
    Roman senator and historian (56 - 117)
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  • James Fenimore Cooper Candor is a proof of both a just frame of mind, and of a good tone of breeding. It is a quality that belongs equally to the honest man and to the gentleman.
    James Fenimore Cooper
    American writer (1789 - 1851)
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  • Benjamin Disraeli Candor is the brightest gem of criticism.
    Benjamin Disraeli
    English statesman and writer (1804 - 1881)
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  • Russell Lynes It is always well to accept your own shortcomings with candor but to regard those of your friends with polite incredulity.
    Russell Lynes
    American editor, criticus (1910 - 1991)
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  • George Eliot To be candid, in Middlemarch phraseology, meant, to use an early opportunity of letting your friends know that you did not take a cheerful view of their capacity, their conduct, or their position; and a robust candor never waited to be asked for its opinion.
    George Eliot
    English writer and poet (1819 - 1880)
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  • Asa Gray Your candor is worth everything to your cause. It is refreshing to find a person with a new theory who frankly confesses that he finds difficulties, insurmountable, at least for the present.
    Asa Gray
    American botanist (1810 - 1888)
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