Primo Levi Quotes

Truth from the mouth of an honest man and severity from a good-natured man have a double effect.

I am one of the few honest people that I have ever known.

The only way you can truly control how you are seen is by being honest all the time.

Be what thou wouldst seeme to be.

The mark of an honest man... is that he means what he says and knows what he means.

I thank God I am as honest as any man living that is an old man and no honester than I.

People believed what I said was what I believed.

I feel some kind of duty to be really, really honest as a writer. The same is true of my songwriting.

The authenticity thing has never been an issue for me.

Subtlety may deceive you; integrity never will.

It is astonishing what force, purity, and wisdom it requires for a human being to keep clear of falsehoods.

The first job of a writer is to be honest.

I am just trying to keep it real.

He who is dishonest with respect to speech, is dishonest in everything.

I admit that I have more truth than eloquence.

[Ross Perot] thinks that proclaiming honesty is the same as being honest.

It ought not to be unpleasant to say that which one honestly believes or disbelieves. That it so constantly is painful to do so, is quite enough obstacle to the progress of mankind in that most valuable of all qualities, honesty of word or of deed

Trust is that there should be no difference between what you do and say, and what you think. /

He who does not need to lie is proud of not being a liar.

I don't think Ed Horman could be dishonest if his life depended on it.

Just hear Senator McCain speak. He may not give you the answer you are looking for, he may not be in agreement with you on a stance or an issue, but the man is honest to a fault.

Truth is handsomer than the affectation of love. Your goodness must have some edge to it, else it is none.

I can do no more than tell the truth.

I'm about as honest as I can get.

I'm not a fake person.