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William Shenstone Quotes about Honesty

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It should seem that indolence itself would incline a person to be honest, as it requires infinitely greater pains and contrivance to be a knave.

It should seem that indolence itself would incline a person to be honest, as it requires infinitely greater pains and contrivance to be a knave.

William Shenstone
Honesty, Pain, Knaves
William Shenstone (1804). “Essays on Men and Manners”, p.151

The difference there is betwixt honor and honesty seems to be chiefly the motive; the mere honest man does that from duty which the man of honor does for the sake of character.

William Shenstone
Honesty, Character, Men

When self-interest inclines a man to print, he should consider that the purchaser expects a pennyworth for his penny, and has reason to asperse his honesty if he finds himself deceived.

William Shenstone
Honesty, Book, Men
William Shenstone (1804). “Essays on Men and Manners”, p.15

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