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Honest Man Quotes

The only way to combat the murder that is war is to show the dirty combinations that make it and the criminals and swine that hope for it and the idiotic way they run it when they get it so that an honest man will distrust it as he would distrust a racket and refuse to be enslaved into it Picture Quote #1

I could not become anything; neither good nor bad; neither a scoundrel nor an honest man; neither a hero nor an insect. And now I am eking out my days in my corner, taunting myself with the bitter and entirely useless consolation that an intelligent man cannot seriously become anything, that only a fool can become something Picture Quote #1

A rogue does not laugh in the same way that an honest man does; a hypocrite does not shed the tears of a man of good faith. All falsehood is a mask; and however well made the mask may be, with a little attention we may always succeed in distinguishing it from the true face Picture Quote #1

There is a perverse mood of the mind which is rather soothed than irritated by misconstruction; and in quarters where we can never be rightly known, we take pleasure, I think, in being consummately ignored. What honest man on being casually taken for a housebreaker does not feel rather tickled than vexed at the mistake? Picture Quote #1

Among so many conflicting ideas and so many different perspectives, the honest man is confused and distressed and the skeptic becomes wicked... Since one must take sides, one might as well choose the side that is victorious, the side which devastates, loots, and burns. Considering the alternative, it is better to eat than to be eaten Picture Quote #1

It is possible that the scrupulously honest man may not grow rich so fast as the unscrupulous and dishonest one; but the success will be of a truer kind, earned without fraud or injustice. And even though a man should for a time be unsuccessful, still he must be honest: better lose all and save character. For character is itself a fortune Picture Quote #1

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One can only influence the strong characters in life, not the weak; and it is the height of vanity to suppose that you can make an honest man of anyone Picture Quote #1

Even a liar can be scared into telling the truth, same as an honest man can be tortured into telling a lie Picture Quote #1

A man who lies, thinking it is the truth, is an honest man, and a man who tells the truth, believing it to be a lie, is a liar Picture Quote #1

A pretty air in an opera is prettier there than it could be anywhere else, I suppose, just as an honest man in politics shines more than he would elsewhere Picture Quote #1

Sir, I do not call a gamester a dishonest man; but I call him an unsocial man, an unprofitable man. Gaming is a mode of transferring property without producing any intermediate good Picture Quote #1

With a woman, always make good use of a secret. She will be proportionally grateful to you, like a scoundrel who grants his respect to an honest man he has been unable to swindle Picture Quote #1

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The blind fanaticism of one foolish honest man may cause more evil than the united efforts of twenty rogues Picture Quote #1

The difference there is betwixt honor and honesty seems to be chiefly the motive; the mere honest man does that from duty which the man of honor does for the sake of character Picture Quote #1

That which we call wit consists much in quickness and tricks, and is so full of lightness that it seldom goes with judgment and solidity; but when they do meet, it is commonly in an honest man Picture Quote #1

A rich man is an honest man, no thanks to him, for he would be a double knave to cheat mankind when he had no need of it Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

It is not the crook in modern business that we fear, but the honest man who doesn’t know what he is doing Picture Quote #1

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Throughout American history, we have elected presidents who had not been honest man. Warren Harding, Richard Nixon, to some extent, Lyndon Johnson just to name a few Picture Quote #1

Every honest man will suppose honest acts to flow from honest principles, and the rogues may rail without intermission Picture Quote #1

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The only way to combat the murder that is war is to show the dirty combinations that make it and the criminals and swine that hope for it and the idiotic way they run it when they get it so that an honest man will distrust it as he would distrust a racket and refuse to be enslaved into it (Honest Man Quotes) I could not become anything; neither good nor bad; neither a scoundrel nor an honest man; neither a hero nor an insect. And now I am eking out my days in my corner, taunting myself with the bitter and entirely useless consolation that an intelligent man cannot seriously become anything, that only a fool can become something (Honest Man Quotes) A rogue does not laugh in the same way that an honest man does; a hypocrite does not shed the tears of a man of good faith. All falsehood is a mask; and however well made the mask may be, with a little attention we may always succeed in distinguishing it from the true face (Honest Man Quotes) There is a perverse mood of the mind which is rather soothed than irritated by misconstruction; and in quarters where we can never be rightly known, we take pleasure, I think, in being consummately ignored. What honest man on being casually taken for a housebreaker does not feel rather tickled than vexed at the mistake? (Honest Man Quotes) Among so many conflicting ideas and so many different perspectives, the honest man is confused and distressed and the skeptic becomes wicked... Since one must take sides, one might as well choose the side that is victorious, the side which devastates, loots, and burns. Considering the alternative, it is better to eat than to be eaten (Honest Man Quotes) It is possible that the scrupulously honest man may not grow rich so fast as the unscrupulous and dishonest one; but the success will be of a truer kind, earned without fraud or injustice. And even though a man should for a time be unsuccessful, still he must be honest: better lose all and save character. For character is itself a fortune (Honest Man Quotes) One can only influence the strong characters in life, not the weak; and it is the height of vanity to suppose that you can make an honest man of anyone (Honest Man Quotes) Even a liar can be scared into telling the truth, same as an honest man can be tortured into telling a lie (Honest Man Quotes) A man who lies, thinking it is the truth, is an honest man, and a man who tells the truth, believing it to be a lie, is a liar (Honest Man Quotes) A pretty air in an opera is prettier there than it could be anywhere else, I suppose, just as an honest man in politics shines more than he would elsewhere (Honest Man Quotes) Sir, I do not call a gamester a dishonest man; but I call him an unsocial man, an unprofitable man. Gaming is a mode of transferring property without producing any intermediate good (Honest Man Quotes) With a woman, always make good use of a secret. She will be proportionally grateful to you, like a scoundrel who grants his respect to an honest man he has been unable to swindle (Honest Man Quotes) The blind fanaticism of one foolish honest man may cause more evil than the united efforts of twenty rogues (Honest Man Quotes) The difference there is betwixt honor and honesty seems to be chiefly the motive; the mere honest man does that from duty which the man of honor does for the sake of character (Honest Man Quotes) That which we call wit consists much in quickness and tricks, and is so full of lightness that it seldom goes with judgment and solidity; but when they do meet, it is commonly in an honest man (Honest Man Quotes) A rich man is an honest man, no thanks to him, for he would be a double knave to cheat mankind when he had no need of it (Honest Man Quotes) 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 (Honest Man Quotes) It is not the crook in modern business that we fear, but the honest man who doesn’t know what he is doing (Honest Man Quotes) A miracle is the badge and brand of fraud. ... No intelligent, honest man ever pretended to perform a miracle, and never will (Honest Man Quotes) Throughout American history, we have elected presidents who had not been honest man. Warren Harding, Richard Nixon, to some extent, Lyndon Johnson just to name a few (Honest Man Quotes) Every honest man will suppose honest acts to flow from honest principles, and the rogues may rail without intermission (Honest Man Quotes)

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