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Wednesday, 3 December 2008

Daily Quote: "As societies grow decadent, the language grows decadent, too. Words are used to disguise, not to illuminate, action: you liberate a city by destroying it. Words are to confuse, so that at election time people will solemnly vote against their own interests" (Vidal, Gore - Language)

Proverb of the Day

All that glitters is not gold.

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Browse Quotations about Dishonesty

Dishonesty is so grasping it would deceive God himself, were it possible.

Don't place too much confidence in the man who boasts of being as honest as the day is long. Wait until you meet him at night.

False words are not only evil in themselves, but they infect the soul with evil.

Honesty pays, but it doesn't seem to pay enough to suit some people.

Hope of ill gain is the beginning of loss.

If all mankind were suddenly to practice honesty, many thousands of people would be sure to starve.

Men are able to trust one another, knowing the exact degree of dishonesty they are entitled to expect.

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