Put a thief among honest men and they will eventually relieve him of his watch.

Flann O'Brien

Tags: honesty dishonesty humanity-and-society theives

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Hang your merit. I don't seek anyone's approbation.

Fyodor Dostoevsky

Tags: funny disapproval dishonesty approval black-humor honestly fyodor-dostoyevsky approbation praise-and-worship

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Bullshit makes the flowers grow and that is beautiful

Gregory Hill

Tags: lies lie dishonesty

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Here is a man whose life and actions the world has already condemned - yet whose enormous fortune...has already brought him acquittal!

Marcus Tullius Cicero

Tags: politics wealth lies justice humour sarcasm law guilt corruption dishonesty

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A DEAD STATESMAN
I could not dig: I dared not rob:
Therefore I lied to please the mob.
Now all my lies are proved untrue
And I must face the men I slew.
What tale shall serve me here among
Mine angry and defrauded young?
from EPITAPHS OF THE WAR 1914-18

Rudyard Kipling

Tags: politics truth lies war youth corruption irony dishonesty deceit

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Just as some people may conceal their own sinfulness thus seeming better than the norm, others expose their own sinfulness thus seeming worse than the norm.

Criss Jami

Tags: truth honesty humility sin hypocrisy openness confession pride vulnerability dishonesty self-righteousness righteousness concealment exposing

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We have come to a point in time where using common sense, speaking factual truths and asking honest questions have been deemed radical behavior. While in turn, manipulation, thoughtlessness and dishonesty is often rewarded and rules the day.

Gary Hopkins

Tags: wisdom honesty compassion thoughtful manipulation common-sense facts healing dishonesty thoughtlessness radical energy-healing

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