Honesty Quotes

Honesty is like an icicle, if once it melts that is the end of it.
- American Proverb

All the honesty in the world ain't legal tender for one loaf of bread.
- Josh Billings

With people of only moderate ability modesty is mere honesty, but with those who possess great talent it is hypocrisy.
- Arthur Schopenhauer

People who are brutally honest get more satisfaction out of the brutality than out of the honesty.
- Richard J. Needham

Honesty: The best of all the lost arts.
- Mark Twain

Deceit is in haste, but honesty can wait a fair leisure.
- Proverb

To strictest justice many ills belong, And honesty is often in the wrong.
- Lucan

Honesty is never seen sitting astride the fence.
- Lemuel K. Washburn

The fastest way to lose what we call our good character is to lose our honesty.
- Anonymous Author

There's one way to find out if a man is honest - ask him. If he says, 'Yes,' you know he is a crook.
- Groucho Marx