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"A liar will not be believed, even when he speaks the truth"
Aesop, Author
"To all the rest of his Absurdities, (for vice is always unreasonable,) he adds one more, who expects that Vertue from another which he won't practise himself"
Mary Astell, Writer
"No man can produce great things who is not thoroughly sincere in dealing with himself"
James Russell Lowell, Poet
"Circumstances do not determine a man, they reveal him"
James Lane Allen, Author
"When you squeeze an orange, orange juice comes out - because that's what's inside. When you are squeezed, what comes out is what is inside"
Wayne Dyer, Psychologist
"The worst crime is faking it"
Kurt Cobain, Musician
"Let your tongue speak what your heart thinks"
Davy Crockett, Explorer
"Character, not circumstances, makes the man"
Booker T. Washington, Educator
"It is always easier to fight for one's principles than to live up to them"
Alfred Adler, Psychologist
"O, what a tangled web we weave when first we practise to deceive!"
Walter Scott, Novelist
"Put more trust in nobility of character than in an oath"
Solon, Statesman
"The trite saying that honesty is the best policy has met with the just criticism that honesty is not policy. The real honest man is honest from conviction of what is right, not from policy"
Robert E. Lee, General
"Duty is the most sublime word in our language. Do your duty in all things. You cannot do more. You should never wish to do less"
Robert E. Lee, General
"Character is more important than talent"
Edwin Louis Cole, Author
"If now isn't a good time for the truth, I don't see when we'll get to it"
Nikki Giovanni, Poet
"Press coverage has been difficult for him. I did not set out to ensnare him with a child"
Martin Bashir, Journalist
"He has honor if he holds himself to an ideal of conduct, though it is inconvenient, unprofitable, or dangerous to do so"
Walter Lippmann, Journalist
"Anyone who tells a lie has not a pure heart, and cannot make a good soup"
Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer
"Do what is right, not what you think the high headquarters wants or what you think will make you look good"
Norman Schwarzkopf, Soldier
"Diplomats make it their business to conceal the facts"
Margaret Sanger, Activist
"Trust has to be earned, and should come only after the passage of time"
Arthur Ashe, Athlete
"I always say, if you can't trust a fix, what can you trust?"
Meyer Lansky, Criminal
"Clean up your own mess"
Robert Fulghum, Author
"If we divine a discrepancy between a man's words and his character, the whole impression of him becomes broken and painful; he revolts the imagination by his lack of unity, and even the good in him is hardly accepted"
Charles Horton Cooley, Sociologist
"Is there decency left in American politics?"
Byron Dorgan, Politician
"Stop doing what is easy. Start doing what is right"
Roy T. Bennett, Writer
"In the last analysis, of course, an oath will encourage fidelity in office only to the degree that officeholders continue to believe that they cannot escape ultimate accountability for a breach of faith"
James L. Buckley, Politician
"Don't leave inferences to be drawn when evidence can be presented"
Richard Wright, Novelist
"I have a hard time with morals. All I know is what feels right, what's more important to me is being honest about who you are. Morals, I get a little hung up on"
Brad Pitt, Actor
"Crying wolf is a real danger"
David Attenborough, Journalist
"A lie with a purpose is one of the worst kind, and the most profitable"
Finley Peter Dunne, Journalist
"Honesty is as rare as a man without self-pity"
Stephen Vincent Benet, Poet
"Always vote for principle, though you may vote alone, and you may cherish the sweetest reflection that your vote is never lost"
John Quincy Adams, President
"Do not consider it proof just because it is written in books, for a liar who will deceive with his tongue will not hesitate to do the same with his pen"
Maimonides, Philosopher
"The first tenet is that you should report corruption regardless of loyalty to incumbent or party"
Linda Tripp, Celebrity
"Look, if America - if being an American means anything, it means not having to lie under oath, not even for the president"
Linda Tripp, Celebrity
"It doesn't bother me to talk about my private life, it doesn't bother me to talk about anything. My life is like a glass of water, transparent"
Shakira, Musician
"Honor is like a match, you can only use it once"
Marcel Pagnol, Dramatist
"The facts fairly and honestly presented: truth will take care of itself"
William Allen White, Editor
"It is not true that drink changes a man's character. It may reveal it more clearly"
John Osborne, Playwright
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