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Tag Tag Honesty
Don’t ever get angry at a man for stating the truth.
Ayn Rand Atlas Shrugged · 1957

Quotes

“A friend is a person with whom I may be sincere.”

Ralph Waldo Emerson · Friendship, 1841 · Primary source

“A Truth thats told with bad intent
Beats all the Lies you can invent.”

William Blake · Auguries of Innocence, 1803 · Primary source

“People think that a liar gains a victory over his victim. What I’ve learned is that a lie is an act of self-abdication, because one surrenders one’s reality to the person to whom one lies, making that person one’s master, condemning oneself from then on to faking the sort of reality that person’s view requires to be faked.”

Ayn Rand · Atlas Shrugged, 1957 · Primary source

“A lie stands on one leg, truth on two.”

Benjamin Franklin · Poor Richard’s Almanack, 1732-1758 · Primary source

“Approve not of him that commends all you say.”

Benjamin Franklin · Poor Richard’s Almanack, 1732-1758 · Primary source

“Don’t misinform your doctor nor your lawyer.”

Benjamin Franklin · Poor Richard’s Almanack, 1732-1758 · Primary source

“It’s common for men to give pretended reasons instead of one real one.”

Benjamin Franklin · Poor Richard’s Almanack, 1732-1758 · Primary source

“The honest man takes pains, and then enjoys pleasures; the knave takes pleasures, and then suffers pains.”

Benjamin Franklin · Poor Richard’s Almanack, 1732-1758 · Primary source

“The second vice is lying; the first is running in debt.”

Benjamin Franklin · Poor Richard’s Almanack, 1732-1758 · Primary source

“Tricks and treachery are the practice of fools, that have not wit enough to be honest.”

Benjamin Franklin · Poor Richard’s Almanack, 1732-1758 · Primary source

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Truth 16 Emotional restraint 2 Accountability 15 Candour 2 Deception 8 Integrity 19 Self-betrayal 1 Autonomy 1 Falsehood 1 Credibility 3 Consistency 9 Flattery 1 Agreement 1 Discernment 5 Constructive criticism 1 Professional advice 1 Full disclosure 1 Trust 20 Accurate information 1 Rationalisation 3 Motives 1 Self-deception 6 Justification 3 Self-discipline 19 Consequences 12 Pleasure 5 Responsibility 27 Debt 15 Lying 1 Financial responsibility 6 Obligation 8 Treachery 1 Judgement 29 Sincerity 5 Openness 3 Mutual understanding 2 Intent 1 Moral responsibility 7