Jean de la Bruyere Quotes

Since in the long run deception is likely to be found out, your character had better not only seem good, but be it.

No legacy is so rich as honesty.

No matter what you do, be honest. That sticks out in Washington.

I don't cheat.

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

Never lie under any circumstances.

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

Better is the wrong with sincerity, rather than the right with falsehood.

It is dishonorable to say one thing and think another; how much more dishonorable to write one thing and think another.

Honesty: The best of all the lost arts.

No one is perfect but without honesty you've got nothing.

In matters of honesty, there are no shortcuts; no little white lies, or big black lies, only the simple, honest truth spoken in total candor... Being true is different than being honest.

I am an honest, straight guy.

Honesty has always been an integral part of my operation, really.

I don't really lie about anything, I have to be honest. I like to live with the truth.

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

Don't lie if you don't have to.

I don't like to tell lies.

It is always the best policy to speak the truth, unless, of course, you are an exceptionally good liar.

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

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

Truth is a habit of integrity, not a strategy of politics.

Honesty is wonderful, but I suspect it's also overrated.

I'm honest.

I consider myself an honest soul.