Honesty is praised and starves

Quote by Juvenal

Topics: Honesty Quotes

Be, as many now are, rich to yourself, poor to your friends.

Be, as many now are, rich to yourself, poor to your friends.

Revenge is always the weak pleasure of a little and narrow mind

Revenge is always the weak pleasure of a little and narrow mind

Wisdom is the winner over good luck

Wisdom is the winner over good luck

This is his first punishment, that by the verdict of his own heart no guilty...

This is his first punishment, that by the verdict of his own heart no guilty...

It is sheer madness to live in want in order to be wealthy when you...

It is sheer madness to live in want in order to be wealthy when you...

One globe seemed all too small for the youthful Alexander.

One globe seemed all too small for the youthful Alexander.

Censure acquits the raven, but pursues the dove.

Censure acquits the raven, but pursues the dove.

There is hardly a case in which the dispute was not caused by a woman.

There is hardly a case in which the dispute was not caused by a woman.

For women's tears are but the sweat of eyes.

For women's tears are but the sweat of eyes.

All wish to possess knowledge, but few, comparatively speaking, are willing to pay the price.

All wish to possess knowledge, but few, comparatively speaking, are willing to pay the price.

The brief span of our poor unhappy life to its final hour is hastening on;...

The brief span of our poor unhappy life to its final hour is hastening on;...

It is not easy for men to rise whose qualities are thwarted by poverty.

It is not easy for men to rise whose qualities are thwarted by poverty.

A man who has nothing can whistle in a robber's face

A man who has nothing can whistle in a robber's face

Rare is the union of beauty and purity.

Rare is the union of beauty and purity.

Wisdom to be sure is the great conqueror of Fortune, giving precepts in its sanctified...

Wisdom to be sure is the great conqueror of Fortune, giving precepts in its sanctified...

Our virtues are most frequently but vices disguised.

Our virtues are most frequently but vices disguised.

Hold it the greatest sin to prefer existence to honor, and for the sake of...

Hold it the greatest sin to prefer existence to honor, and for the sake of...

It is not easy for men to rise whose qualities are thwarted by poverty.

It is not easy for men to rise whose qualities are thwarted by poverty.

A far greater factor [than abolishing poverty] is the deterrent effect of swift and certain...

A far greater factor [than abolishing poverty] is the deterrent effect of swift and certain...

There is something about poverty that smells like death.

There is something about poverty that smells like death.