"He that loseth his honesty hath nothing else to lose."

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Source : John Lyly, Leah Scragg (2003). “John Lyly 'Euphues: the Anatomy of Wit' and 'Euphues and His England': An Annotated, Modern-Spelling Edition”, p.55, Manchester University Press

John Lyly

#Honesty Quotes

“My uncomfortable duty as a Christian is to confess the truth, so lethal to our self-centered human nature: 'Jesus, who suffered your sin unto his own death, calls you likewise to forgive, so that God's purposes may be accomplished in both you and your offender.”
“Of course, if you're gonna make movies, you gotta make movies, and I'm not gonna say no to a good role.”
“Miracles are manifestations for which science has no definition, no analysis.”
“And there's the fallacy of existence: the idea that one could be happy forever and age with a given situation or series of accomplishments.”
“And when this grand canvas, our life, is finished, may the world in some small or large way be a better place.”
“I like things pretty reduced. I don't understand how people live with so much stuff around them, because you can't focus on it, and after a while it ends up becoming absorbed. It's not as if anything's really being appreciated. To me all that stuff is some desperate message to everyone about who you are, like bumper stickers.”
“For 30 years I have tried to make it understood that there are no criminals,”
“I'm really a romantic at heart.”

Source : Biography/Person Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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