The least initial deviation from the truth is multiplied later a thousandfold. – Aristotle Category: Honesty
Pretty much all the honest truth telling in the world is done by children. – Oliver Wendell Category: Honesty
It is not difficult to deceive the first time, for the deceived possesses no antibodies; unvaccinated by suspicion, she overlooks lateness, accepts absurd excuses, permits the flimsiest patching to repair great rents in the quotidian. – John Updike Category: Honesty
Much of what is labeled mental illness simply reflects our – George Vaillant Category: Mental Illness
But courage which goes against military expediency is stupidity, or, if it is insisted upon by a commander, irresponsibility. – Erwin Rommel Category: Courage
For what is done or learned by one class of women becomes, by virtue of their common womanhood, the property of all women. – Elizabeth Blackwell Category: Virtue
It is my deliberate opinion that the one essential requisite of human welfare in all ways is scientific knowledge of human nature. – Harriet Martineau Category: Knowledge
