Subject: Beliefs » Honesty (Page 2)

Everybody lies; but it doesn't matter since nobody listens.

A little sincerity is a dangerous thing, and a great deal of it is absolutely fatal.

(1854 – 1900) Irish dramatist, novelist & poet

In modern business it is not the crook who is to be feared most, it is the honest man who doesn't know what he is doing.

(1874 – 1962) American industrialist, lawyer & diplomat

An alibi is a reason with a bad reputation.

(1926 – ) newspaper columnist

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

(1937 – 2008) stand-up comedian, social critic, actor & author

Never tell the truth to those unworthy of it.

Samuel Clemens (1835 – 1910) author & humorist

If at first you don't succeed, lie, lie again.

(1919 – 1990) educator & writer

Many people would be more truthful were it not for their uncontrollable desire to talk.

(1853 – 1937) journalist, writer & editor

If beauty is truth, why don’t women go to the library to have their hair done?

(1805 – 1864) English editor, novelist & sporting writer

He’s crooked as a barrel full of fish hooks.

White Lie: Aversion of the truth.

Half the lies they tell about me aren’t true.

(1925 – 2015) baseball player, coach & manager

Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn’t go away.

(1928 – 1982) American novelist, short story writer & essayist

A bare assertion is not necessarily the naked truth.

(1802 – 1870) American writer & editor

She tells enough white lies to ice a wedding cake.

(1864 –1945) Anglo-Scottish socialite, author & wit

Most writers regard truth as their most valuable possession, and therefore are most economical in its use.

Samuel Clemens (1835 – 1910) author & humorist

A witness shall not bear falsies against thy neighbor.

television character, All In the Family (Carroll O’Connor)

Honesty pays, but it doesn't seem to pay enough to suit some people.

(1868 – 1930) cartoonist, humorist & journalist

He’s so crooked that when he dies, they’re going to have to screw him into the ground.

No matter how often the lie is shown to be false, there will still remain a percentage of people who believe it true.

He lies so bad he hires somebody to call his dogs.