Let none of us delude himself by supposing that honesty is always the best policy. It is not.
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Honesty is the best policy - when there is money in it.
Honesty is the best policy; but he who is governed by that maxim is not an honest man.
In the long run, I believe that honesty is definitely the best policy. One can get away by being dishonest for a short term, but ultimately, honesty is what pays.
Honesty is a complex and tricky thing, and we don't want to be honest all the time.
Honesty is something you can't wear out.
I am afraid we must make the world honest before we can honestly say to our children that honesty is the best policy.
The trite saying that honesty is the best policy has met with the just criticism that honesty is not policy. The real honest man is honest from conviction of what is right, not from policy.
Honesty, like my mama always says, is always the best policy.
Honesty is for the most part less profitable than dishonesty.
Honesty is the best policy.