Nothing resembles an honest man more than a cheat. – Proverb

If falsehood, like truth, had but one face, we would be more on equal terms. For we would consider the contrary of what the liar said to be certain. But the opposite of truth has a hundred thousand faces and an infinite field. – Michel Eyquem de Montaigne

People who are brutally honest get more satisfaction out of the brutality than out of the honesty. – Richard J. Needham

A little candor never leaves me. It is what protects me. – Antonio Porchia, Voces, 1943, translated from Spanish by W.S. Merwin