Honesty is the best policy; but he who acts on that principle is not an honest man.

Richard Whately

More information about this quote

Topic

Honesty

Author

Richard Whately

Medium

Epigram

Statement Type

Paradox

Language

English

Time

1854 1850s 19th century

Occupation

Philosopher Clergyman Writer

From

United Kingdom Europe

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Whately, Richard. Thoughts and Apophthegms. London: Blackader and Company, 1854, ch. 18.

Illustrated Quote

A quote by Richard Whately about honesty: “Honesty is the best policy; but he who acts on that principle is not…”
Download
A quote by Richard Whately about honesty: “Honesty is the best policy; but he who acts on that principle is not…”
Download
A quote by Richard Whately about honesty: “Honesty is the best policy; but he who acts on that principle is not…”
Download

Related Quotes

Below are one or more quotes that share at least one tag with the quote at the top of the page

Another quote from the 1850s

Let men tremble to win the hand of woman, unless they win along with it the utmost passion of her heart!

Nathaniel Hawthorne

The Scarlet Letter

Buy The Scarlet Letter at Amazon Buy The Scarlet Letter at Amazon
Read The Scarlet Letter at Project Gutenberg
More information about this quote
Topic
Pursuing women Men and women

Author

Nathaniel Hawthorne
Source
The Scarlet Letter
Medium
Novel
Language
English
Time
1850 1850s 19th century
Authentication Score 3
Original Citation

Hawthorne, Nathaniel. The Scarlet Letter: A Romance. Boston: Ticknor, Reed & Fields, 1850, ch. 15.

Current Citation

Hawthorne, Nathaniel. The Scarlet Letter, edited by Brian Harding. Oxford University Press, 2009, ch. 15.

Another quote of the following type Paradox

Let a man once overcome his selfish terror at his own finitude, and his finitude is, in one sense, overcome.

George Santayana

Introduction to Spinoza's Ethics

More information about this quote
Topic
Overcoming fear

Author

George Santayana
Source
Introduction to Spinoza's Ethics
Medium
Essay
Genre
Philosophical literature
Statement Type
Paradox
Language
English
Time
1910 1910s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Citation

Santayana, George. Introduction. Ethics, by Spinoza, translated by A. Boyle. Everyman's Library, 1910, introduction.