Honest Quotes

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

There were honest people long before there were Christians and there are, God be praised, still honest people where there are no Christians. It could therefore easily be possible that people are Christians because true Christianity corresponds to what they would have been even if Christianity did not exist.

People who are brutally honest get more satisfaction out of the brutality than out of the honesty.

It’s better to be quotable than to be honest.

Of all feats of skill, the most difficult is that of being honest. (Comtesse Diane)

Honesty is the key to a relationship. If you can fake that, you’re in.

Honesty is as rare as a man without self-pity.

A few honest men are better than numbers.

He who says there is no such thing as an honest man, you may be sure is himself a knave.

Don’t place too much confidence in the man who boasts of being as honest as the day is long. Wait until you meet him at night.