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Is there a difference between a man who thinks that honesty is the best policy, and an honest man? C. S. Lewis
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The values of science and the values of democracy are concordant, in many cases indistinguishable. Science and democracy began - in their civilized incarnations - in the same time and place, Greece in the seventh and sixth centuries B.C. . . . Science thrives on, indeed requires, the free exchange of ideas; its values are antithetical to secrecy. Science holds to no special vantage points or privileged positions. Both science and democracy encourage unconventional opinions and vigorous debate. Both demand adequate reason, coherent argument, rigorous standards of evidence and honesty. Carl Sagan
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They say that in Hollywood one can't be honest, but I think honesty counts in Hollywood just as much as it does anywhere else. I think it's just too much trouble to be dishonest and keep up with yourself. Bette Davis
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Because democratic institutions do not renew themselves as effortlessly as flowering trees, they demand the ceaseless tinkering of people who possess both the courage and the honesty to admit their mistakes and accept responsibility for even the most inglorious acts. Bill Vaughan
honesty scapegoat
I did it, in all honesty, because I thought I was going to be made a scapegoat in this case. Burton Kaplan
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A right mind and generous affection hath more beauty and charms than all other symmetries in the world besides; and a grain of honesty and native worth is of more value than all the adventitious ornaments, estates, or preferments; for the sake of which some of the better sort so oft turn knaves. Lord Shaftesbury
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Three simple words - freedom, justice and honesty. These sum up what the Liberal Democrats stand for. Charles Kennedy
honesty jail natural-instinct
No one has any license to brag because he is honest. That should be natural instinct and, besides, if you are not, they put you in jail. Honesty is merely a form of insurance. Charles Comiskey
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It is always advisable to perceive clearly our ignorance. Charles Darwin
ignorance knowing sake
...not everyone is willing to defend a position of 'not knowing.' There is no virtue in ignorance for its own sake. B. F. Skinner
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I am a simple vessel with complex overtones, opinionated on occasions but willing to listen. Comfortable with reclusiveness and devoted to privacy and family. Patriotic to a fault and allergic to cruelty, ignorance and bad music. Bernie Taupin
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Consistency requires you to be as ignorant today as you were a year ago. Bernard Berenson
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Science tells us what we can know but what we can know is little and if we forget how much we cannot know we become insensitive of many things of very great importance. Theology, on the other hand induces a dogmatic belief that we have knowledge where in fact we have ignorance and by doing so generates a kind of impertinent insolence towards the universe. Uncertainty in the presence of vivid hopes and fears is painful, but must be endured if we wish to live without the support of comforting fairy tales. Bertrand Russell
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Mystery is delightful, but unscientific, since it depends upon ignorance. Bertrand Russell
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The dictum that human nature cannot be changed is one of those tiresome platitudes that conceal from the ignorant the depths of their own ignorance. Bertrand Russell
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...It is in the religion of ignorance that tyranny begins... Benjamin Franklin
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Ignorance is the night of the mind, a night without moon or star Confucius
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Ignorance is the night of mind, a night without moon or star. Confucius
humility men water
To get even near humility, even for a moment, is like a drink of cold water to a man in a desert. C. S. Lewis
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Humility, after the first shock, is cheerful virtue. C. S. Lewis
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As long as you are proud, you cannot know God. C. S. Lewis
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If the immutable heart can be grieved by the puppets of its own making, it is Divine Omnipotence, no other, that has subjected it, freely, and in a humility that passes understanding. If the world exists not chiefly that we may love God, but that God may love us, yet that very fact, on a deeper level, is so for our sakes. If He who in Himself can lack nothing chooses to need us, it is because we need to be needed. C. S. Lewis
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Authority exercised with humility, and obedience accepted with delight are the very lines along which our spirits live. C. S. Lewis
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Perfect humility dispenses with modesty. C. S. Lewis
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Humility is the embroidery of chiefs. Bill Vaughan
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Judge Roberts has projected a very unique persona as he has talked about modesty and humility, Arlen Specter
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If only I had a little humility, I'd be perfect. Ted Turner