Mark Twain Quotes

It's discouraging to think how many people are shocked by honesty and how few by deceit.

[Ross Perot] thinks that proclaiming honesty is the same as being honest.

When I do things, I do things honestly.

On the whole, I should say that the person who likes to lie should never, in any circumstances, be allowed to. Leave the lying to the people who hate it. You will not find them indulging often.

It is dishonorable to say one thing and think another; how much more dishonorable to write one thing and think another.

The secret of life is honesty and fair dealing. If you can fake that, you've got it made.

I don't want to lie. I dislike dishonesty. And I work in Hollywood, a town and a business that relies on a lot of falsehoods with people hiding behind different facades. I don't want to be a part of that.

I pray to God that I shall not live one hour after I have thought of using deception.

I can't tell a lie - not even when I hear one.

I've tried to do away with lying in my life in the last few years, but it's hard.

Our aversion to lying is commonly a secret ambition to make what we say considerable, and have every word received with a religious respect.

Honesty is a foundation, and it's usually a solid foundation. Even if I do get in trouble for what I said, it's something that I can stand on.

The truth is always easier than a lie or an evasion - easier to deal with and easier to live with.

Actually I don't know if honesty is a strength or some kind of weakness.

The intention of never deceiving often exposes us to deception.

Personally I've never put much store by honesty- I mean how can you trust a word whose first letter you don't even pronounce

Now you say you have to absolutely truthful. Sincerity is the main thing, and truthfulness is the main thing and don't lie to anybody ... and you'll get ahead. Brother you sure will. You'll get ahead right on that cycle of action, right toward zero! It's a trap not being able to prevaricate ... This makes life more colorful!

Truth telling is the first building block of character -- a quality that seems to be getting rarer and rarer in all-forgiving America.

We may argue eloquently that 'Honesty is the best Policy' - unfortunately, the moment honesty is adopted for the sake of policy it mysteriously ceases to be honesty.

We never deceive people to benefit them, for knavery is a compound of wickedness and falsehood.

Once ...Why ...lie? ...when ...truth is ...the easier path

Honesty is praised and left in the cold.

Honesty is a rare commodity in a palace, and that is why so many fairy-tale marriages end up on the rocks.

Honesty is often the best policy, but sometimes the appearance of it is worth six of it.

I was brought up to never lie. Sure, I have. But in the final mix, the lies I've told are far outweighed by the truths I've lived.