I find it most offensive that the character of Reason, whom [Jean den Meun (author of the Romance of the Rose)] himself calls the daughter of God, should put forth such a statement as ... where she says by way of a proverb that "in the war of Love it is better to deceive than be deceived." And indeed I dare say that in making that statement Jean den Meun's Reason denied her Father, for the doctrine He gave was altogether different.
Christine de PizanStichwörter: love reason falsehood dishonesty betrayal deceit romance-of-the-rose
One is what one is, and the dishonesty of hiding behind a degree, or a title, or any manner and collection of words, is still exactly that: dishonest.
Kay Redfield JamisonStichwörter: dishonesty
Tension, in the long run, is a more dangerous force than any feud known to man.
Criss JamiStichwörter: truth honesty man lies peace war mankind lying secrecy force run dishonesty bitterness resistance repression dangerous tension pressure suppression feuds rivalry
Never hide things from hardcore thinkers. They get more aggravated, more provoked by confusion than the most painful truths.
Criss JamiStichwörter: truth honesty pain thought lie lying secrets secrecy thinkers torture dishonesty confusion aggravation contemplation never concealment provoke hardcore
Many people in a rather reckless context claim to 'just tell it like it is'. In actuality, nobody really stresses what one says so much as the motive behind what one says; hence, he is merely blowing hot air and detracting from 'what is'.
Criss JamiStichwörter: truth emphasis dishonesty honest motives air reckless actuality
Being nice merely to be liked in return nullifies the point.
Criss JamiStichwörter: honesty sincerity dishonesty insincerity kind pointless nice canceled cancelled nullified
The moral world has no particular objection to vice, but an insuperable repugnance to hearing vice called by its proper name.
William Makepeace ThackerayStichwörter: morality dishonesty bigotry double-standards vice
Some false representations contravene the law; some do not. The law does not pretend to punish everything that is dishonest. That would seriously interfere with business, and, besides, could not be done. The line between honesty and dishonesty is a narrow, shifting one and usually lets those get by that are the most subtle and already have more than they can use.
Clarence DarrowStichwörter: honesty greed dishonesty rigged-economic-system
Some false representations contravene the law; some do not. ... The sensibilities of no two men are the same. Some would refuse to sell property without carefully explaining all about its merits and defects, and putting themselves in the purchasers' place and inquiring if he himself would buy under the circumstances. But such men never would be prosperous merchants.
Clarence DarrowStichwörter: honesty success dishonesty successful moral-clarity idealistic
My correspondence has certainly the charm of variety, and the humbler are usually the more interesting. This looks like one of those unwelcome social summonses which call upon a man either to be bored or to lie.
Arthur Conan DoyleStichwörter: lies parties society sherlock-holmes letters boredom dishonesty correspondence pretense white-lies invitations dinners social-gatherings
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