Quotes with honest

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  • Daniel Defoe Necessity makes a honest man a knave.
    Daniel Defoe
    English writer (1660 - 1731)
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  • Lily Tomlin Ninety eight percent of the adults in this country are decent, hardworking, honest Americans. It's the other lousy two percent that get all the publicity. But then, we elected them.
    Lily Tomlin
    American Comedienne (1939 - )
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  • Bertrand Russell No matter how eloquently a dog may bark, he cannot tell you that his parents were poor, but honest.
    Bertrand Russell
    English philosopher and mathematician (1872 - 1970)
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  • Sir Walter Raleigh No one is wise or safe, but they that are honest.
    Sir Walter Raleigh
    British courtier, writer (1552 - 1618)
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  • F. Scott Fitzgerald No such thing as a man willing to be honest - that would be like a blind man willing to see.
    F. Scott Fitzgerald
    American writer (1896 - 1940)
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  • G. C. Lichtenberg Once the good man was dead, one wore his hat and another his sword as he had worn them, a third had himself barbered as he had, a fourth walked as he did, but the honest man that he was - nobody any longer wanted to be that.
    G. C. Lichtenberg
    German writer and physicist (1742 - 1799)
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  • Voltaire One of the chief misfortunes of honest people is that they are cowardly.
    Voltaire
    French writer and philosopher (ps. of Fran ois Marie Arouet) (1694 - 1778)
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  • Robert Browning Our interest's on the dangerous edge of things. The honest thief, the tender murderer, the superstitious atheist.
    Robert Browning
    English poet (1812 - 1889)
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  • Thomas Jefferson Peace, commerce and honest friendship with all nations; entangling alliances with none.
    Thomas Jefferson
    American statesman (1743 - 1826)
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  • Richard J. Needham People who are brutally honest get more satisfaction out of the brutality than out of the honesty.
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  • Nicholas Boileau Praising an honest person who doesn't deserve it, always wounds them.
    Nicholas Boileau
    French poet and critic (1636 - 1711)
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  • Oliver Wendell Holmes Pretty much all the honest truth telling there is in the world is done by children.
    Oliver Wendell Holmes
    American writer and poet (1809 - 1894)
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  • Ben Goldacre Science isn't about authority or white coats; it's about following a method. That method is built on core principles: precision and transparency; being clear about your methods; being honest about your results; and drawing a clear line between the results, on the one hand, and your judgment calls about how those results support a hypothesis.
    Ben Goldacre
    British physician, academic (1974 - )
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  • Immanuel Kant Seek not the favor of the multitude; it is seldom got by honest and lawful means. But seek the testimony of few; and number not voices, but weigh them.
    Immanuel Kant
    German philosopher (1724 - 1804)
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  • Ang Lee Sexuality is a big issue, but there are others - how much you commit to a relationship, to social obligation, to honesty and being honest with yourself.
    Ang Lee
    Taiwanese film director, producer, and screenwriter (1954 - )
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  • Will Rogers So let's be honest with ourselves and not take ourselves too serious, and never condemn the other fellow for doing what we are doing every day, only in a different way.
    Will Rogers
    American actor and humorist (1879 - 1935)
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  • Barry McGee Street artists need to get back to actually doing things on the streets instead of in the galleries where they all seem to be ending up. I hope this term 'street artist' falls from the face of the earth, in my honest opinion.
    Barry McGee
    American artist
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  • William Shakespeare Take note! Take note, o world! To be direct and honest is not enough.
    William Shakespeare
    English playwright and poet (1564 - 1616)
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  • Benjamin Watson The amazing thing about a football team is we can disagree and fight like brothers, but then we come back together. We are able to be open and honest about things that may offend us.
    Benjamin Watson
    American football player (1980 - )
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  • Lord George Byron The drying up a single tear has more of honest fame, than shedding seas of gore.
    Lord George Byron
    English poet (1788 - 1824)
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