Logo
Sincerity is the luxury allowed, like diadems and authority, only

Sincerity is the luxury allowed, like diadems and authority, only to the highest rank. Every man alone is sincere. At the entrance of a second person, hypocrisy begins. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

No other quotes found from this author.
Other Quotes from
Sincerity
category

Candor is the brightest gem of criticism. – Benjamin Disraeli

Category:
Sincerity

Sincerity is the highest complement you can pay, – Ralph Waldo Emerson

Category:
Sincerity

To be candid, in Middlemarch phraseology, meant, to use an early opportunity of letting your friends know that you did not take a cheerful view of their capacity, their conduct, or their position; and a robust candor never waited to be asked for its opinion. – George Eliot

Category:
Sincerity

Nay, Madam, when you are declaiming, declaim; and when you are calculating, calculate. – Samuel Johnson

Category:
Sincerity

Random Quotes

One of the chief duties of the fan is to engage in arguments with the man behind him. This department of the game has been allowed to run down fearfully. – Robert Benchley

Category:
Baseball

Opponents of capital punishment argue that the state has no right to take a murderers life. Apparently, one fact that abolitionists forget or overlook is that the state is acting not only on behalf of society, but also on behalf of the murdered person and the murdered persons family. – Dennis Prager

Category:
Family

I never listen to the radio unless I rent a car. – David Byrne

Category:
car

My fathers death, my move, and my frightening and difficult delivery created a tremendous amount of stress, pain, and sadness for me. I was practically devastated beyond recovery. – Brooke Shields

Category:
Death