Honesty is only an asset if everyone around you reciprocates.
Reminds me of Billy Joel's lyrics
"Honesty is such a lonely word
Everyone is so untrue"
But then I went to school in India, so I may be scarred.
You got caned too? Damned British school system.
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I don't know half of you half as well as I should like, and I like less than half of you half as well as you deserve.
- Mr. Underhill
Oh yes. On my behind at home and on the palm at school. It was measured and never severe.
I went to an English language school where one of our motto's was, you got it: Honesty is the best policy.
Not very many practiced it as cheating at exams was rampant.
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Freedom for us, order for everyone else, and violence for those who transgress.
"There are people who think that honesty is always the best policy. This is a superstition. There are times when the appearance of it is worth six of it."
Mark Twain
- Following the Equator
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"Get your facts first, and then you can distort them as much as you please." (Mark Twain)
Reminds me of an old joke, every time the guy told a lie his, um, wang grew. He ended up being called honest joe or something like that, honest to a fault
Pete
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“How many legs does a dog have if you call the tail a leg? Four. Calling a tail a leg doesn't make it a leg.”