A leader should know all about truth and honesty, and when to see the difference. (Truck)
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... he was honest, because good criminals have to be honest. (H)
You couldn't bribe Granny Aching for all the gold in the world, but you could definitely attract get attention with an ounce of Jolly Sailor. (WFM)
The Axiom 'Honest men have nothing to fear from the police' is currently under review by the Axioms Review Board. (MA)
… Mort’s innate honesty will never make him a poet; if Mort ever compared a girl to a summer’s day it would have been followed by a thoughtful explanation of what day he had in mind and whether it was raining at the time. (M)
He knew how she felt. It was the way he felt himself, sometimes if he woke in the small hours, at three a.m., a time when the world seemed empty and stripped of comforting illusion. A time when you knew you were a mote, transient and fragile in a vast universe, a candle flame in an empty hall. Luckily the sun always came up, people stirred, and you got on with stuff that distracted you from the reality.
The problem for Roberta Golding was that she was too smart to be distracted. For her, it was three a.m. all the time. (LW) 'We are going to stick to the rules. And the thing about sticking to the rules is that it's sometimes better than cheating.' (UA)
… he decided not on the whole truth, but instead on nothing but the truth, which dispensed with the need for honesty. (UA)
Ponder was a clear logical thinker who, in times of mental confusion, fell back on reason and honesty, which, when dealing with an angry Archchancellor, were to use the proper academic term, unhelpful. And he neglected to think strategically, always a mistake when talking to fellow academics, and as a result made the mistake of employing, as at this point, common sense. (UA)
Bits of Miss Tick’s teachings floated through her head: Always face what you fear. Have enough money, never too much, and some string. Even if it’s not your fault it’s your responsibility. Witches deal with things. Never stand between two mirrors. Never cackle. Do what you must do. Never lie, but you don’t always have to be honest. Never wish. Especially don’t wish upon a star, which is astronomically stupid. Open you eyes, and then open your eyes again. (HFS)
Truth was what he told. Honesty was sometimes not the same thing. (TT)
People would probably say they had lived blameless lives.
But Vimes was a policeman. No one lived a completely blameless life. It might be just possible, by lying very still in a cellar somewhere, to get through a day without committing a crime. But only just. And, even then, you were probably guilty of loitering. (FC) Nanny Ogg was basically a law-abiding person when she had no reason to break the law, and therefore had that kind of person’s attitude to law-enforcement officers, which was one of deep and permanent distrust. (Ma)
'Quis custodiet ipsos custodies? Your grace.’
‘I know that one,’ said Vimes. Who watches the watchmen? Me, Mr Pessimal.’ ‘Ah, but who watches you, your grace?’ said the inspector, with a brief smile. ‘I do that too. All the time,’ said Vimes. (Th) He was by nature an honest person, because apart from anything else, lying was always too complicated. (JD)
Whoever said you can’t fool an honest man wasn’t one. (MM)
It wasn’t that witches were actually dishonest, but they were careful about what kind of truth they told. (W)
Rob looked innocent, a sure sign of guilt. (W)
... he hadn’t got this job because he was a fine upstanding citizen. Some tasks needed a good honest hammer. Others needed a twisty corkscrew. (GP)
'I wouldn’t trust me if I was you. But I would if I was me.' (GP)
They were, by their own standards honest men, in that they only did what they knew or suspected that everyone else did. (GP)
There is a saying ‘You can’t fool an honest man’ which is much quoted by people who make a profitable living by fooling
honest men. (GP) Never lie, but you don’t always have to be honest. (HFS)
'On my honour.’
‘On you honour as a drunken rowdy thief?’ said Tiffany. Rob Anybody beamed. ‘Aye!’ he said. ‘An’ I got a lot of good big reputation to protect there!' (WFM) 'I like a man I can’t trust. You know where you stand with an untrustworthy man. It’s the ones you ain’t never sure about who give you grief.' (LH)
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