Quotes on Honest Man

It is possible that the scrupulously honest man may not grow rich so fast as the unscrupulous and dishonest one; but the success will be of a truer kind, earned without fraud or injustice. And even though a man should for a time be unsuccessful, still he must be honest: better lose all and save character. For character is itself a fortune. . . .

For thus the royal mandate ran, When first the human race began, "The social, friendly honest man, Whate'er he be, Tis he fulfils great Nature's plan, And none but he!"

Of all the animals, man is the only one that lies.

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

Put a rogue in the limelight and he will act like an honest man.

I suppose, just as an honest man in politics shines more than he would elsewhere.

And even a liar can be scared into telling the truth, same as honest man can be tortured into telling a lie.

In the land of bleating sheep and braying jackasses, one brave and honest man is bound to create a scandal.

Good men and bad men alike are capable of weakness. The difference is simply that a bad man will be proud all his life of one good deed - while an honest man is hardly aware of his good acts, but remembers a single sin for years on end.

You can always cheat an honest man, but it takes more work.

Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth.

The only question which any wise man can ask himself, and which any honest man will ask himself, is whether a doctrine is true or false.

There is no safety for honest men, but by believing all possible evil of evil men, and by acting with promptitude, decision, and steadiness on that belief.

I could not become anything; neither good nor bad; neither a scoundrel nor an honest man; neither a hero nor an insect. And now I am eking out my days in my corner, taunting myself with the bitter and entirely useless consolation that an intelligent man cannot seriously become anything, that only a fool can become something.

An honest man can feel no pleasure in the exercise of power over his fellow citizens.

Being entirely honest with oneself is a good exercise.