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Candor Quotes

Jack Vance quote: "Candor is never indiscreet. Truth, which is to say, the..."
Candor is never indiscreet. Truth, which is to say, the reflection of life, is beautiful. Jack Vance
Allen Ginsberg quote: "Candor disarms paranoia."
Candor disarms paranoia. Allen Ginsberg
Alan Dershowitz quote: "Candor and accountability in a democracy is very important...."
Candor and accountability in a democracy is very important. Hypocrisy has no place. Alan Dershowitz
Candor is a proof of both a just frame of mind, and of a good tone of breeding. It is a quality that belongs equally to the honest man and to the gentleman. James F. Cooper
Peggy Noonan quote: "Candor is a compliment; it implies equality. It's how true..."
Candor is a compliment; it implies equality. It's how true friends talk. Peggy Noonan
Tacitus quote: "Candor and generosity, unless tempered by due moderation,..."
Candor and generosity, unless tempered by due moderation, leads to ruin. Tacitus
The American bards shall be marked for generosity and affection and for encouraging competitor? . The great poets are also to be known by the absence in them of tricks and by the justification of perfect personal cando? . How beautiful is candor! All faults may be forgiven of him who has perfect candor. Walt Whitman
There is nothing in the world more difficult than candor, and nothing easier than flattery. If there is a hundredth of a fraction of a false note to candor, it immediately produces dissonance, and as a result, exposure. But in flattery, even if everything is false down to the last note, it is still pleasant, and people will listen not without pleasure; with coarse pleasure, perhaps, but pleasure nevertheless. Fyodor Dostoevsky
Let us have the candor to acknowledge that what we call "the economy" or "the free market" is less and less distinguishable from warfare. Wendell Berry
I was deeply interested in the little family history which he detailed to me with all that candor which a Frenchman indulges whenever mere self is the theme. Edgar Allan Poe
The young man, who intends no ill,Believes that none is intended, and thereforeActs with openness and candor: but his father, having suffered the injuries of fraud, is impelled to suspect, and too often allured to practice it. Samuel Johnson
We're up against the conventional thinking that says your ability to lead as president comes from longevity in Washington or proximity to the White House. But we know that real leadership is about candor and judgment and the ability to rally Americans from all walks of life around a common purpose, a higher purpose. Barack Obama
She was flushed and felt intoxicated with the sound of her own voice and the unaccustomed taste of candor. It muddled her like wine, or like a first breath of freedom. Kate Chopin
Truth is a risky proposition. It's the nature of mediocre human beings to believe that lies are necessary, that they serve a purpose, that truth is subversive, that candor is dangerous, that the very scaffold of communal life is supported by lies. Anne Rice
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

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