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Mark Twain on Honesty

1835–1910 United States

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An experienced, industrious, ambitious, and often quite picturesque liar.

Barring that natural expression of villainy which we all have, the man looked honest enough.

Any emotion, if it is sincere, is involuntary.

The glory which is built upon a lie soon becomes a most unpleasant incumbrance. … How easy it is to make people believe a lie, and how hard it is to undo that work again!

The silent colossal National Lie that is the support and confederate of all the tyrannies and shams and inequalities and unfairnesses that afflict the peoples — that is the one to throw bricks and sermons at.

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Mark Twain (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.