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To me, 'beauty' means to be natural, creative, honest - to say the truth. — Nawal El Saadawi

Never rebel for the sake of rebelling, but always rebel for the sake of truth. — Criss Jami

Our great country has seen better days. That's the honest truth if there ever was one." "Are — Heather Lyons

The aim of fiction is honest and absolute truth. — Anton Chekhov

Too often fear is fiction madly running amuck, all the while madly tracking 'muck' across the floor of fact. — Craig D. Lounsbrough

Leaders fight hard wars against
injustice and unfairness. They
believe that the truth is a weapon;
when triggered, the lie dies. — Israelmore Ayivor

I was bold in the pursuit of knowledge, never fearing to follow truth and reason to whatever results they led. — Thomas Jefferson

I said a lot of true things, the most jarring ones I could, because if you say honest things harshly people look at them. And not at you. — E. Jade Lomax

Somewhere between the honest truth and the deceptive lie is the deceptive truth and the honest lie. — Robert Breault

That is the nature of the obscene: a truth so honest it must be guarded, for it holds a revelation of purity that is deadly to mankind. — K.I. Hope

Friends are honest with each other. Even if the truth hurts.
-Maggie — Sarah Dessen

Whores are the most honest girls. They present the bill right away. — Alberto Giacometti

Then the liars and swearers are fools, for there are liars and swearers enough to beat the honest men and hang up them. — William Shakespeare

Put it out of the power of truth to give you an ill character. If anybody reports you not to be an honest man let your practice give him the lie. — Marcus Aurelius

I'm not mean, I'm honest. Nobody is ever straightforward. But sometimes people need to hear the truth. — Jessica Warman

I'm actually a very honest person, and sometimes I end up like, 'Man, I said too much.' It's hard for me not to tell the truth when you ask me. — Drake

A man who lies, thinking it is the truth, is an honest man, and a man who tells the truth, believing it to be a lie, is a liar. — William Safire

The reality is, if you're friends with somebody you should be able to be honest with them, and that honesty should be the biggest magnet to truth. — Justin Vernon

What motivates me in art is the ugly and beautiful nature of the truth. It has to be truthful and honest, even if it is ugly and grotesque. — Corin Nemec

Sometimes people don't like me because I'm too honest; I speak the truth. — The Mighty Hannibal

Truth from the mouth of an honest man and severity from a good-natured man have a double effect. — William Hazlitt

The best strips are the most honest. That's just the truth of it. — Cathy Guisewite

Being alone makes us stronger. That's the honest truth. But it's cold comfort, since even if I wanted company no one will come near me anymore. — Roberto Bolano

An honest man speaks the truth, though it may give offence; a vain man, in order that it may. — William Hazlitt

We forget that just because something is honest it is not necessary the truth. — Deb Caletti

A friend will fight for the truth, not distort it for their personal gain. — Shannon L. Alder

My work is to be honest. My work is to try to think clearly, then have the courage to make sure that what I say is the truth. — Maya Angelou

I trust kids far more than I do adults. Kids give you the honest opinion. They tell the truth. — Johnny Depp

I've always felt protected. That's the God's honest truth. — Denzel Washington

Nothing beats being really honest about who you are and what you need. All the rest just works itself out. — Jon Voight

I have a theory, too, that the best and only answer to a smear or to an honest misunderstanding of the facts is to tell the truth — Richard M. Nixon

For the actors, the talent is to serve the demands that I ask of them, to do it with naturality and truth, and to be honest when we were terrified. — Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu

The truth is funny. Honest discovery, observation, and reaction is better than contrived invention. — Del Close

Through this world I've stumbled, so many times betrayed, trying to find an honest word, to find the truth enslaved. — Sarah McLachlan

To find the inner peace be utmost honest to yourself. — Debasish Mridha

I have no idea what the mind of a lowlife scoundrel is like, but I know what the mind of an honest man is like; it is terrifying. — Abel Hermant

In fact, lying to ourselves may be the most dangerous thing in the world because we live our truth whether we are honest about it or not. — Cortney S. Warren

But honest men do not pretend to know; they are candid and sincere; they love the truth; they admit their ignorance, and they say, We do not know. — Robert Green Ingersoll

For a man who walks in the light, to stay humble is not to walk in the dark; you don't need to project yourself to be thought an honest man. — Mike Norton

That's the problem with the truth," Darcy said. "Liars and honest men both claim to have it. — Hugh Howey

Honest is how I want to look. The truth doesn't glitter and shine. — Chuck Palahniuk

I hate nothing more than sugary photographs with tricks, poses and effects. So allow me to be honest ?and tell the truth about our age and its people. — August Sander

Calculated is the truth of adulthood, whereas honest is the truth of a child. — Wes Fesler

The way to happiness is by truth. Seek to be true in all things and you will have a foundation to build your future. — Shannon L. Alder

It is in vain to expect any advantage from our profession of the truth, if we be not sincerely just and honest in our actions. — James Sharp

I don't really lie about anything, I have to be honest. I like to live with the truth. — Lisa Vanderpump

If you have led an honorable and honest life, there is no need to be afraid of speaking the truth. The — Haemin Sunim

The honest to God truth is that I'm mad at myself. I should've known better. — Miranda Kenneally

Go to Fox News for conservative, maybe go to msnbc for liberal, and be right here on CNN for the God's honest truth. — Anthony Weiner

I just think if you don't say the honest thing, sometimes the honest thing never becomes true, you know, and I- — John Green

Debating is not an honest intellectual exercise. It's like a trial in which the goal is not to get to the truth but to win. — Victor J. Stenger

Not all things can be expressed through words, not all the words reflect the truth. — Ary Hidayat

The 'fact' of my actions frequently collide with the 'fiction' of my words. And at what point will I live what I say, so I will avoid what I do? — Craig D. Lounsbrough

Never ever doubt in magic. The purest honest thoughts come from children, ask any child if they believe in magic and they will tell you the truth. — Scott Dixon

The doubts of an honest man contain more moral truth than the profession of faith of people under a worldly yoke. — Ximenes Doudan

To tell you the honest-to-God truth: without Scientology, I would be dead. So, I can personally highly recommend it. — Kirstie Alley

Sometime a #lie is more #honest than the #truth . At least that lie will guide you to the #path you really believe TO walk" It tells , who U R — Tushar Upreti

Pretty much all the honest truth telling in the world is done by children. — Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.

I like children; I like 'em, and I respect 'em. Pretty much all the honest truth-telling there is in the world is done by them. — Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.

I think it's more important to seek the truth than to try and be perfect, to be honest. — Douglas Booth

In my experience, honest people don't need to put their hand on a Bible to tell the truth, and with dishonest people, it makes no difference. — Paul Levine

Honest people never fear the truth. — Frank Sonnenberg

always tell the truth and you'll never have to remember your words. — Kiki Archer

Honest communication is built on truth and integrity and upon respect of the one for the other. — Benjamin E. Mays

Wish for the best, prepare for the worst — Ary Hidayat

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

To live a lie may allow us to avoid the truth, but the real lie lays in believing that we can avoid the truth in the first place. — Craig D. Lounsbrough

All good writers speak in honest voices and tell the truth. — Eudora Welty

A man ceases to be an honest doubter the moment he refuses one way of getting at the truth because he does not like that way. — Oswald Chambers

What if God is a scientist who regards honest seeking after truth as the supreme virtue? — Richard Dawkins

She had to be honest. And this was where the truth hurt. She wanted to see Jack Force again. But it was agony — Melissa De La Cruz

They may all be drunk at my place, but they're all honest, and though we do lie-because I lie, too-in the end we'll lie our way to the truth — Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Whatever you do well in the darkness tells more about who you are than what you do best in light. Watch out! — Israelmore Ayivor

The future of marketing belongs to honest information, accurate data and clear claims based on truth. — Patrick Dixon

Your tongue may speak lies, but your eyes know the truth. — Amber Jacobs

Part of growing up was learning not to be quite that honest - learning when it was better to lie, rather than to hurt someone with the truth. — Jodi Picoult

Baddies always do get the best lines, that's the honest truth. — James D'arcy

When people don't tell you the truth what they really are saying is they don't value you or their relationship with you enough to be honest. — Shannon L. Alder

The aim of fiction is absolute and honest truth. — Anton Chekhov

Hypocrites get offended by the truth. — Jess C. Scott

Sometimes being honest with someone or hearing the truth hurts, but it is always better to be honest and accept what is. — Syesha Mercado

I do not say words, which you want to hear.
The words just told me, to write them down. — Toba Beta

Reference to eminent figures of the past serves to lend tone to what would otherwise be merely an honest search for the truth. — Bernard Suits

Some honest people think it is better to know the ways of the devil without being evil. — Janvier Chouteu-Chando

The truth is, you can be honest with your friends - but you just can't be honest with the general public if you want to keep your friends. — Jennifer Saunders

An honest heart loves the Truth. — Arthur W. Pink

We both knew that what I said was the truth, as well as being a lie. The pure and honest answer was pinging between us, hovering above the weeds. — Sonya Hartnett

Truth and, by consequence, liberty, will always be the chief power of honest men. — Madame De Stael

Being honest may not get you a lot of friends but it'll always get you the right ones. — John Lennon

One of the few things in life that cannot possibly do harm in the end is the honest pursuit of the truth. — Peter Kreeft

Why do I speak forth the unpopular? I have a sweet tooth but not when it comes back up. — Donna Lynn Hope