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Even when exercising their greatest duplicity, women are always sincere because they are yielding to some natural feeling. - Honore de Balzac Private sincerity is a public welfare. - Cyrus Augustus Bartol Loss of sincerity is loss of vital power. - Christian Nestell Bovee, Summaries of Thought--Sincerity A silent, great soil; he was one of those who cannot but be in earnest; whom Nature herself has appointed to be sincere. - Thomas Carlyle I should say sincerity, a deep, great, genuine sincerity, is the first characteristic of all men in any way heroic. - Thomas Carlyle Sincerity is the most compendious wisdom. - 4th Earl of Chesterfield, Philip Dormer Stanhope Sincerity w the most compendious wisdom, an excellent instrument for the speedy despatch of business. It creates confidence in those we have to deal with, saves the labor of many inquiries, and brings things to an issue in few words. - 4th Earl of Chesterfield, Philip Dormer Stanhope The whole faculties of man must be exerted in order to call forth noble energies; and he who is not earnestly sincere lives in but half his being, self-mutilated, self-paralyzed. - Samuel Taylor Coleridge You can play a shoestring if you're sincere. - John Coltrane Faithfulness and sincerity first of all. - Confucius Hold faithfulness and sincerity as first principles. - Confucius The superior man * * * in regard to his speech * * * is anxious that it should be sincere. - Confucius Never apologize for showing feeling. My friend, remember that when you do so you apologize for truth. - Benjamin Disraeli, 1st Earl of Beaconsfield Truth and fidelity are the pillars of the temple of the world; when these are broken, the fabric falls, and crushes all to pieces. - Owen Felltham (Feltham) Her words are trusty heralds to her mind. - John Ford O fall the evil spirits abroad at his hour in the world, insincerity is the most dangerous. - James Anthony Froude, Short Studies on Great Subjects--Education A silent address is the genuine eloquence of sincerity. - Oliver Goldsmith Frank sincerity, though no invited guest, is free to all, and brings his welcome with him. - William Havard Don't be "consistent," but be simply true. - Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. I think you will find that people who honestly mean to be true really contradict themselves much more rarely than those who try to be "consistent." - Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. Sincerity, Thou first of virtues, let no mortal leave Thy onward path, although the earth should gape, And from the gulf of hell destruction rise, To take dissimulation's winding way. - Alexander Frederick Douglas-Home, Lord Home Those who love with purity consider not the gift of the lover, but the love of the giver. - Thomas a Kempis It is with sincere affection or friendship as with ghosts and apparitions,--a thing that everybody talks of, and scarce any hath seen. - Francois Duc de la Rochefoucauld Sincerity is an openness of heart; it is found in a very few people, and that which we see commonly is not it, but a subtle dissimulation, to gain the confidence of others. - Francois Duc de la Rochefoucauld Weak persons cannot be sincere. - Francois Duc de la Rochefoucauld Displaying page 1 of 3 for this topic: Next >> [1] 2 3
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