Honesty is the best policy; but he who is governed by that maxim is not an honest man. Votes: 2
Richard WhatelyAn ambassador is an honest man sent abroad to lie and intrigue for the benefit of his country. Votes: 2
Henry WottonAn honest man speaks the truth, though it may give offence; a vain man, in order that it may. Votes: 2
William HazlittMake yourself an honest man, and then you may be sure there is one less rascal in the world. Votes: 2
Thomas CarlyleHe who says there is no such thing as an honest man, you may be sure is himself a knave. Votes: 2
George BerkeleyNothing causes more consternation in a group of hypocrits than one honest man. Votes: 0
Albert EinsteinWhen I want a peerage, I shall buy one like an honest man. Votes: 0
Alfred Harmsworth, 1st Viscount NorthcliffeDefinitions from Mulla Do-PiazaA fool: A man trying to be honest with the dishonest. Votes: 0
Idries ShahAn honest man will continue to be so though surrounded on all sides by rogues. Votes: 0
Charles Caleb ColtonIt's amazing how much panic one honest man can spread among a multitude of hypocrites. Votes: 0
Thomas SowellThe successful man is himself. To be successful, you've got to be honest with yourself. Votes: 0
Vince LombardiBarring that natural expression of villainy which we all have, the man looked honest enough. Votes: 0
Mark TwainThe real honest man is honest from conviction of what is right, not from policy. Votes: 0
Robert E. LeeIf the writing is honest it cannot be separated from the man who wrote it. Votes: 0
Tennessee WilliamsEvery man who expresses an honest thought is a soldier in the army of intellectual liberty. Votes: 0
Robert Green IngersollAn honest man can feel no pleasure in the exercise of power over his fellow citizens. Votes: 0
Thomas JeffersonThe main trouble with being an honest man was that it lost you all your illusions. Votes: 0
James JonesGive a wise man an honest brief to plead and his eloquence is no remarkable achievement. Votes: 0
EuripidesWhen a man or woman is truly honest, it is virtually impossible to insult them personally. Votes: 0
Brennan ManningA man must be honest enough to make mistakes, if not he's just lying to you Votes: 0
Constance Chuks FridayNo honest work of man or woman "fails"; it feeds the sum of all human action. Votes: 0
Michelene WandorAn honest man is all right even if he's an idiot...but a crook must have brains. Votes: 0
Maxim GorkyTo be honest, as this world goes, is to be one man picked out of ten thousand. Votes: 0
William ShakespeareThe man who is brutally honest enjoys the brutality quite as much as the honesty. Possibly more. Votes: 0
Richard J. NeedhamLiberty is the right of every man to be honest, to think and to speak without hypocrisy. Votes: 0
Jose MartiThe silly when deceived exclaim loudly; the fool complains; the honest man walks away and is silent. Votes: 0
Francois de la NoueWho knew that the path to a womans heart was through the soul of an honest man? Votes: 0
Melissa de la CruzA great nation is any mob of people which produces at least one honest man a century. Votes: 0
H. L. MenckenAn honest man you may form of windle-straws, but to make a rogue you must have grist. Votes: 0
Friedrich SchillerIt's my opinion every man cheats in his way, and he is only honest who of discovered. Votes: 0
Susanna CentlivreThey don't keep their promises in the promised land, its getting mighty hard to find an honest man. Votes: 0
Don McLeanI’d say a man is someone who is honest, strong-minded, moral, genuine, just a good human being. Votes: 0
Logan LermanTruth from the mouth of an honest man and severity from a good-natured man have a double effect. Votes: 0
William HazlittHe is a truly virtuous man who wishes always to be open to the observation of honest men. Votes: 0
Francois de La RochefoucauldThe mark of an honest man... is that he means what he says and knows what he means. Votes: 0
Ayn RandThe only way to gall and fret effectively is for yourself to be a good and honest man. Votes: 0
Diogenes of SinopeThe only way to gall and fret effectively is for yourself to be a good and honest man. Votes: 0
DiogenesA man goes to the movies. The critic must be honest enough to admit that he is that man. Votes: 0
Robert WarshowAny doctrine that will not bear investigation is not a fit tenant for the mind of an honest man. Votes: 0
Robert Green IngersollAs honest as you can expect a man to be in a world where its going out of style. Votes: 0
Raymond ChandlerAy,sir;to be honest,as this world goes,is to be one man picked out of ten thousand. Votes: 0
William ShakespeareIs there a difference between a man who thinks that honesty is the best policy, and an honest man? Votes: 0
C. S. LewisTo live, is to suffer; and the honest man is always fighting to be master of his own mind. Votes: 0
Napoleon BonaparteBut which was the real me? Let me be perfectly honest: I was a man of many faces. (p.33) Votes: 0
Milan KunderaAn honest man is strange when he is among dishonest men, but it is a good kind of strangeness. Votes: 0
Aiden Wilson TozerThe three wishes of every man: to be healthy, to be rich by honest means, and to be beautiful. Votes: 0
PlatoTo be caught happy in a world of misery was for an honest man the most despicable of crimes. Votes: 0
Virginia WoolfHE who says there is no such thing as an honest man, you may be sure is himself a knave. Votes: 0
George Bishop BerkeleyYou must not suppose, because I am a man of letters, that I never tried to earn an honest living. Votes: 0
George Bernard ShawA demagogue must be neither an educated nor an honest man; he has to be an ignoramus and a rogue. Votes: 0
AristophanesMan is his own star, and the soul that can Render an honest and a perfect man, Commands all light. Votes: 0
John FletcherMake yourself an honest man, and then you may be sure that there is one less scoundrel in the world. Votes: 0
Thomas CarlyleA man can never hope to be more than he is if he is not first honest about what he isnt. Votes: 0
Donald E. Williams, Jr.No such thing as a man willing to be honest - that would be like a blind man willing to see. Votes: 0
F. Scott FitzgeraldYou are an honest and honorable man...Ofttimes I forget that. I have met so few of them in my life. Votes: 0
George R. R. MartinThere's one way to find out if a man is honest: ask him; if he says yes, you know he's crooked. Votes: 0
Mark TwainIf a man or a woman puts in an honest day's work, they should to be able to earn a living wage. Votes: 0
Richard CodeyIf a man or a woman puts in an honest day's work, they should to be able to earn a living wage. Votes: 0
Richard J. CodeyNo man is bound to be rich or great, - no, nor to be wise; but every man is bound to be honest. Votes: 0
Benjamin RudyerdThere's one way to find out if a man is honest - ask him. If he says, 'Yes,' you know he is a crook. Votes: 0
Groucho Marx