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Frankness Quotes

There is no wisdom like frankness.

There is no wisdom like frankness.

Benjamin Disraeli
Frankness
Benjamin Disraeli (1974). “Sybil”, p.251, Prabhat Prakashan

Frankness is a jewel; only the young can afford it.

Mark Twain
Jewels, Young, Frankness
Mark Twain (1967). “Complete Letters of Mark Twain”, p.20, Library of Alexandria

Frankness is usually a euphemism for rudeness.

Muriel Spark
Rudeness, Euphemism, Frankness
Muriel Spark (2014). “Loitering with Intent”, p.42, New Directions Publishing

He that openly tells, his friends all that he thinks of them, must expect that they will secretly tell his enemies much that they do not think of him.

Charles Caleb Colton
Thinking, Enemy, Frankness
Charles Caleb Colton (1824). “Lacon, Or, Many Things in a Few Words: Addressed to Those who Think”, p.90

We are franker towards others than towards ourselves.

Friedrich Nietzsche
Honesty, Frankness

The 'frankness' of people sunk below shame is a very cheap frankness.

C. S. Lewis
People, Shame, Frankness

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