Effie held, of course, that since she was in any case defying the Frumps it was honest to defy them in form as well as in substance, but it is only certain kinds of honesty which are the best policy.
I gave up honesty when I gave up being young, and I thought I knew the ropes by this time.
Let me try, then, to enforce this thought of indebtedness and of common honesty in discharging the indebtedness, which underlies these words.
There is little to be done by the way of directly increasing either the fervour of love or the honesty of its expression.
The Apostle is not simply enjoining honesty in our modern, narrow sense of the word, which limits it to the rendering to every man his own.
It is the best way in the world to avoid lying, to be innocent; and do nothing which doth fear the light: truth and honesty do not blush, nor desire to be hid.
The integrity and honesty of the heart to God consisteth much in zeal:[591] as he is true to his friend that is zealous for him, and not he that is indifferent and cold.
Though our thankfulness is no benefit to God, yet he is pleased with it, as that which is suitable to our condition, and showeth the ingenuity and honesty of the heart.
Godliness, virtue, andhonesty itself will not please the world, and therefore you cannot hope to please them by that which is not pleasing to them.
So that honesty and diligence will easily escape them.
The true German honesty had soon conquered in the pure mind of the youth.
In recognition of your honesty and truth, accept this present from me.
Indeed, it concerns me very nearly that the Electoral Prince should put confidence in you, and be convinced of your honesty and good faith.
I leave him to his country, and to you, with this testimony which I leave to his memory, his honestyof purpose and his patriotic love of country.
Burroughs reminds the reader of Thoreau in closeness of observation and honesty of expression, but Burroughs is less of a philosopher and poet and more of a scientist.
The sterling honesty and directness of Thoreau's character are reflected in his style.
It is perhaps more in this than in any other department of manufacture that the purchaser is compelled to depend on the honesty as well as the taste and judgment of the workman.
His untiring energy, his inflexible honesty of purpose, and his fine mental ability, all contributed to render him conspicuous in every position to which he was called.
As nearly as I may, I'll play the penitent to you; but mine honesty Shall not make poor my greatness, nor my power Work without it.
Sincerity also is squandered in the grey, dim light of sham learning, and nobody can indulge in a mixed orgie of "culture" without some sacrifice of honesty and truth.
I gave him my mind about honesty pretty plainly the first time I saw him.
I pause for a moment in my narrative to request the sympathy of such readers as may be capable of affording it, for a man whose honesty makes him appear egotistic.
It did not occur to him yet that, uupressed from without, his honesty unstung, he might have taken more time to find out where he was than would have been either honest or healthful.
But he scarcely makes a sufficient allowance for the wear and tear which honesty almost necessarily sustains in the friction of political life, and which, in times so rough as those through which Clarendon passed, must be very considerable.
Honesty in every condition, under every circumstance, is the indispensable rule of obedience.
Its manly honesty follows like a benediction after prayer, and closes the task of talking to deaf ears and dull debaters.
Seek- [10] ing is not sufficient whereby to arrive at the results of Science: you must strive; and the glory of the strife comes of honesty and humility.
O wretched fool, That livest to make thine honesty a vice!
I know, Iago, Thy honesty and love doth mince this matter, Making it light to Cassio.
It is not honesty in me to speak What I have seen and known.
She must be honest, but such an honesty tore the heart from her.
And in politics he was honest, even in cases where his honesty was misunderstood.
After all, the most natural beauty in the world is honesty and moral truth; for all beauty is truth.
Fortune is for those who, by diligence, honesty and frugality, place themselves in a position to grasp hold of fortune when it appears in view.
We may form habits of honesty or knavery, frugality or extravagance, of patience or impatience, self-denial or self-indulgence.
The thief hangs out the appearance of honesty in his face, and the liar is thunderstruck if any body suspects him of equivocation.
If "honesty be the best policy," we can not deny that modesty, as a matter of policy even, hath a rare virtue.
Men of genuine excellence in every station of life—men of industry, of integrity, of high principles, of sterling honesty of purpose—command the spontaneous homage of mankind.
How frequently is the honesty and integrity of a man disposed of by a smile or a shrug!
Bendel, the next morning, revealed to me in confidence that the suspicion which he had long entertained of Rascal's honesty was now become certainty--that he had yesterday embezzled whole purses of gold.
Neither do I object to your very strict principles and to your fancy to think likehonesty itself.
In fact, it is saved from monotony of content at times only by its extreme honesty and its lovable simplicity.
By virtue winning admiration, Beloved for honesty and might, Long live through centuries our nation As strong in honor and in might!
The cause had to be a just one, however, before he did battle in its behalf, for no bold champion of the right ever had more sterlinghonesty and sincerity in his character, or more common sense and less quixotism.
At the present time, therefore, any American manager who may have the sense and honesty to treat with me will be quite secure from the competition of English copies.
His conscientiousness and honesty of purpose were really admirable; and rather than break a contract or disappoint any one to whom he had made a promise he would subject himself to any amount of inconvenience.
She switched on the light once more, to feel a surprising satisfaction in the impersonal, unabashed honesty of those steady blue eyes.
However," and at the quiet interest on the face of Jarvis he was emboldened to make his statements more emphatic, "I have my doubts about yourhonesty in the whole matter.
For his honesty in expressing what he thought was truth, the priests of Athens had Anaxagoras and his family exiled to perpetual banishment from Athens and all of his books were burned.
I saw you were a woman with whom only honesty would answer," he wrote her thirty years after.
The habits of thrift, industry, energy and absolute honesty had made him a marked man--there is not so much competition along these lines.
His own ugliness, awkwardness, and general unfitness to be the husband of Chris were ideas now thrust upward in all honesty to the top of his mind.
The evident honesty and patriotism with which he advanced over prostrate theories and policies toward the great ends at which he aimed, secured him multitudes of friends, while these same qualities contributed to make him many enemies.
