Quotes about Honesty

You just have to love quotes and aphorisms because they are such pure reflections of collective cultural wisdom. And... they just happen to make light, fun blog reading as well, a necessary counterpoint to quantum math and such. So, I was about to trash these quotes, a collection I put together when I used to read almost every quote in sight and was crazy about them, but thought to put them instead in a box here so they can boggle the mind of more than just this one solitary admirerer (of sorts) of societal hypocrisy embedded within our wisdemonic heritage:

An honest man does not make himself a dog for the sake of a bone. - Danish Proverbs
It is better to be poor and honest than wealthy and dishonest - Proverbs
Kings take pleasure in honest lips; they value a man who speaks the truth. - The Bible
The honesty of the upright guides them; the faithless are ruined by their duplicity. - The Bible
Honesty is praised while it starves. - Latin proverb
The surest way to remain poor is to be an honest man. - French Proverb
Rather than tell a lie to help a friend, it is better to assist him in paying the fine for his offense. - Nigerian proverb
An honest Man will receive neither Money nor Praise that is not his Due. - English proverb
Slander cannot destroy an honest man - when the flood recedes the rock is there. - Chinese proverb
An honest man is hurt by praise unjustly bestowed - French Proverb
Nothing resembles an honest man more than a cheat. - French proverb
He is not an honest man who will burn his tongue and not tell the company that the soup is hot. - Balkan proverb
The thief who finds no opportunity to steal, considers himself an honest man - The Talmud
A cynic is a person searching for an honest man, with a stolen lantern -Edgar Shoaff

and, of course, the King of triteful nothing sayings, one that gives all aphorisms a bad name...

Honesty is the best policy - English Proverb