Michel de Montaigne Quotes about Honesty

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It takes strong ears indeed to hear ourselves judged frankly, and because there are few who can endure criticism without being stung by it, those who venture to criticize us perform a remarkable act of friendship. For

It takes strong ears indeed to hear ourselves judged frankly, and because there are few who can endure criticism without being stung by it, those who venture to criticize us perform a remarkable act of friendship. For it is a healthy love that will risk wounding or offending in order to profer a benefit.

Michel de Montaigne

Love, Strong, Honesty

Honesty is a question of right and wrong, not a matter of policy

Michel de Montaigne

Honesty, Matter, Policy

A man must not always tell all, for that be folly; but what a man says should be what he thinks.

Michel de Montaigne

Truth, Honesty, Men

Michel de Montaigne (1872). “All the Essays of Michael Seigneur de Montaigne”, p.547

If falsehood, like truth, had but one face, we would be more on equal terms. For we would consider the contrary of what the liar said to be certain. But the opposite of truth has a hundred thousand faces and an infinite field.

Michel de Montaigne

Wisdom, Honesty, Liars

He who is not sure of his memory, should not undertake the trade of lying.

Michel de Montaigne

Honesty, Memories, Lying

Attributed to "Essais" by Michel de Montaigne, Book I, Ch. 9, 1595.

An honest man is not accountable for the vice and folly of his trade, and therefore ought not to refuse the exercise of it. It is the custom of his country, and there is profit in it. We must live by the world, and such as we find it, so make use of it.

Michel de Montaigne

Country, Honesty, Exercise