"Honesty is the best policy. If I..." - Quote by William Shakespeare
Honesty is the best policy. If I lose mine honor, I lose myself.
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“When my love swears that she is made of truth,I do believe her, though I know she lies.”
“I hold my peace, sir? no; No, I will speak as liberal as the north; Let heaven and men and devils, let them all, All, all, cry shame against me, yet I'll speak.”
“Never durst poet touch a pen to write Until his ink were temper'd with Love's sighs.”
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“The man who boasts that he habitually tells the truth is simply a man with no respect for it. It is not a thing to be thrown about loosely, like small change; it is something to be cherished and hoarded and disbursed only when absolutely necessary. The smallest atom of truth represents some man's bitter toil and agony; for every ponderable chunk of it there is a brave truth-seeker's grave upon some lonely ash-dump and a soul roasting in Hell.”
“The challenge today is to convince people of the value of truth, honesty, compassion and a concern for others.”
“Do not be ashamed to give a little; for to deceive is to give still less.”
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“I am looking for an honest man.”
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“How can he [today's writer] be honored, when he does not honor himself; when he loses himself in the crowd; when he is no longer the lawgiver, but the sycophant, ducking to the giddy opinion of a reckless public.”