Sincerity

Famous quotes containing the word sincerity:

“However greatly we distrust the sincerity of those we converse with, yet still we think they tell more truth to us than to anyone else.”
—François, Duc De La Rochefoucauld (1613–1680)

“The value of an idea has nothing whatsoever to do with the sincerity of the man who expresses it. Indeed, the probabilities are that the more insincere the man is, the more purely intellectual will the idea be, as in that case it will not be coloured by either his wants, his desires, or his prejudices.”
—Oscar Wilde (1854–1900)

“We confess our faults that our sincerity might repair the harm those faults themselves have done us in the esteem of others.”
—François, Duc De La Rochefoucauld (1613–1680)