Quotes on Honest Man

An honest man can feel no pleasure in the exercise of power over his fellow citizens . . . There has never been a moment of my life in which I should have relinquished for it the enjoyments of my family, my farm, my friends and books.

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.

When treating with liars, even an honest man must lie.

There are only two kinds of men in this world: Honest men and dishonest men. ...Any man who says the world owes him a living is dishonest. The same God that made you and me made this earth. And He planned it so that it would yield every single thing that the people on it need. But He was careful to plan it so that it would only yield up its wealth in exchange for the labor of man. Any man who tries to share in that wealth without contributing the work of his brain or his hands is dishonest.

No honest man will argue on every side

I was ever of the opinion, that the honest man who married and brought up a large family, did more service than he who continued single, and only talked of population.

An ambassador is an honest man sent abroad to lie for his country.

I would give no thought of what the world might say of me, if I could only transmit to posterity the reputation of an honest man.

I tell you before God, and as an honest man, your son (W A Mozart)is the greatest composer known to me by person and repute, he has taste and what is more the greatest skill in composition.

To be honest, as this world goes, is to be one man picked out of ten thousand.

I think we Americans tend to put too high a price on unanimity, as if there were something dangerous and illegitimate about honest differences of opinion honestly expressed by honest men.

God defend me from being an honest man according to the description which every day I see made by each man to his own glorification

I am not an economist. I am an honest man!

Our life is frittered away by detail. An honest man has hardly need to count more than his ten fingers, or in extreme cases he may add his ten toes, and lump the rest. Simplicity, simplicity, simplicity!

Upon the great questions of origin, of destiny, of immortality, of . . . other worlds, every honest man must say, 'I do not know.' Upon these questions, this is the creed of intelligence.

Time is the only test of honest men, one day is space enough to know a rogue.

Of more worth is one honest man to society, and in the sight of God, than all the crowned ruffians that ever lived.

With the same honest views, the most honest men often form different conclusions.

An honest man is one who knows that he can't consume more than he has produced.

You can cheat an honest man but not make a fool out of him.

Absolutely speaking, Do unto others as you would that they should do unto you is by no means a golden rule, but the best of current silver. An honest man would have but little occasion for it. It is golden not to have any rule at all in such a case.