O. Henry Quotes

Let none of us delude himself by supposing that honesty is always the best policy. It is not.

Honesty may be the best policy, but it's important to remember that apparently, by elimination, dishonesty is the second-best policy.

All of the films I have made, that I have chosen to make, are all about the thin line between good and evil. And also the thin line that exists in each and every one of us. That's what my films are about.

The greatest truth is honesty, and the greatest falsehood is dishonesty.

When a man lies, he murders some part of the world.

I am not honest.

It is a poor cause which has to be lied for regularly.

Truth made you a traitor as it often does in a time of scoundrels.

Nobody can honestly say that they never lie.

It is helpful to think of people as having two fundamental motivations: the desire to see ourselves as honest, good people, and the desire to gain the benefits that come from cheating - on our taxes or on the football field.

We talk about honesty, but the reality is we have lots of human values, and they are not all compatible. We don't always tell the truth about everything, no matter what the consequences.

I'm not big on lying. I don't like that at all.

There's hostility to lying, and there should be.

He is only honest who is not discovered.

A lie should be trampled on and extinguished wherever found.

Living on hypocrisy is not a healthy diet for patriots.

There is no such thing as a good writer and a bad liar.

The pure and simple truth Is rarely pure and never simple. What's a boy to do When lies and truth are both sinful?

There are few reasons for telling the truth, but for lying the number is infinite.

A man who lies, thinking it is the truth, is an honest man, and a man who tells the truth, believing it to be a lie, is a liar.

When treating with liars, even an honest man must lie.

You can't cheat an honest man.

So I wasn't lying, exactly. I was just choosing among truths.

I lie as truthfully as I can.

The worst thing you can be is a liar. . . . Okay, fine, yes, the worst thing you can be is a Nazi, but then number two is liar. Nazi one, liar two.