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Honor; honorableness; dignity; propriety; suitableness; decency., The quality or state of being honest; probity; fairness and straightforwardness of conduct, speech, etc.; integrity; sincerity; truthfulness; freedom from fraud or guile., Chastity; modesty., Satin flower; the name of two cruciferous herbs having large flat pods, the round shining partitions of which are more beautiful than the blossom; -- called also lunary and moonwort. Lunaria biennis is common honesty; L. rediva is perennial honesty.

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15y ago

A good example from personal experience is: While you were walking down the street with your pocket full of quarters to go buy a soda you find a fifty dollar bill on the sidewalk. You take that fifty dollar bill and turn it into the police station and report it lost. Thirty days later you call to see if anyone collected it and no one has and they give it to you. I spent that money on gas to get to work.

Shows that honesty really does literally, pay off.

Honesty really is the best policy even if you don't get money out of it you get a moral sense of accomplishment out of it.

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13y ago

Because, if you are in trouble now and you are not honest, you will be in even more trouble later, when others figure out that you lied.

Yes, lying tends to require more lying and you get in deeper and deeper. Also coming clean quickly tends to reduce the punishment. People figure you made a thoughtless mistake and were not planning to do something bad. But if you lie and scheme, when they finally figure out what you did, the authorities will be angrier and see your offense as a planned action that deserves more punishment.

On the other hand if you are in trouble with the police, it is wise not to lie, but also not to confess. If questioned you can say that you can not remember or do not know. Insist on getting a lawyer. You are not required to testify against yourself.

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9y ago

"honesty is the best policy" means that it is always best to tell the unvarnished truth.

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13y ago

a quote.....

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