There is no well-defined boundary between honesty and dishonesty.

There is no well-defined boundary between honesty and dishonesty. The frontiers of one blend with the outside limits of the other, and he who attempts to tread this dangerous ground may be sometimes in one domain and sometimes in the other. – O. Henry, Rolling Stones, 1912

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Occasionally he stumbled over the truth, but hastily picked himself up and hurried on as if nothing had happened. – Winston Churchill, “ear-witness” quoting c.1936 about Stanley Baldwi

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Truth is the most valuable thing we have, so I try to conserve it. – Mark Twain

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Pretty much all the honest truth telling in the world is done by children. – Oliver Wendell

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