Charles Caleb Colton Quotes

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

The heart that is conscious of its own integrity is ever slow to credit another´s treachery.

Observe this, that tho a woman swear, forswear, lie, dissemble, back-bite, be proud, vain, malicious, anything, if she secures the main chance, she's still virtuous; that's a maxim.

One man lies in his words, and gets a bad reputation; another in his manners, and enjoys a good one.

Every honest man will suppose honest acts to flow from honest principles, and the rogues may rail without intermission.

I think you can be an honest person and lie about any number of things.

Everyone seems to be running against a liar, but nobody seems to be one. Odd - I mean, the math doesn't work out.

I'd rather be a liar than an asshole.

High rank and soft manners may not always belong to a true heart.

I don't want people to think I'm a hypocrite.

Our aversion to lying is commonly a secret ambition to make what we say considerable, and have every word received with a religious respect.

I don't want people to think lm hypocritical.

I'm a lot of things but not a liar or a phony, even when I know it's in my best interest to be.

An honest man you may form of windle-straws, but to make a rogue you must have grist.

An honorable man or woman is one who is truthful; free from deceit; above cheating, lying, stealing, or any form of deception. An honorable man or woman is one who learns early that one cannot do wrong and feel right. A man's character is judged on how he keeps his word and his agreements.

Personally I've never put much store by honesty- I mean how can you trust a word whose first letter you don't even pronounce

On the whole, I should say that the person who likes to lie should never, in any circumstances, be allowed to. Leave the lying to the people who hate it. You will not find them indulging often.

Listen honey, would I lie to you to get in your pants?

I think track records are very important. If you start early trying to have a perfect one in some simple thing like honesty, you're well on your way to success in this world.

Men whose acts are at variance with their words command no respect, and what they say has but little weight.

Above any commercial success one might enjoy, one's reputation for honesty is the most important thing

A lie is a very short wick in a very small lamp. The oil of reputation is very soon sucked up and gone. And just as soon as a man is known to lie, he is like a two-foot pump in a hundred-foot well. He cannot touch bottom at all.

Lying damages others. Lying subtly permits us to destroy ourselves as we are caught in the snare and shatter our own self-image and credibility. Freedom from deceit and lying improves self and gives all of us peace of mind.

If you will lie about the little things, before long you’ll lie about bigger things.

All lies, white or black, disgrace a gentleman, although I grant there is a difference: to say the least of it, it is a dangerous habit, for white lies are but the gentleman ushers to black ones.