You can’t cheat an honest man.
W. C. FIELDS
W. C. FIELDS
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I never smoked a cigar in my life until I was nine.
W. C. FieldsW. C. Fields I cook with wine, sometimes I even add it to the food.
W. C. FieldsW. C. Fields I’m looking for loopholes. (Said when caught reading the Bible.
W. C. FieldsW. C. Fields Just like my Uncle Charlie used to say, just before he sprung the trap: He said, You can’t cheat and honest man! Never give a sucker an even break or smarten up a chump!
W. C. FieldsW. C. Fields The clever cat eats cheese and breathes down rat holes with baited breath.
W. C. FieldsW. C. Fields I drink with impunity, or anyone else who invites me.
W. C. FieldsW. C. Fields Marry an outdoors woman. Then if you throw her out into the yard on a cold night, she can still survive.
W. C. FieldsW. C. Fields Money will not buy happiness, but it will let you be unhappy in nice places.
W. C. FieldsW. C. Fields I certainly do not drink all the time. I have to sleep you know.
W. C. FieldsW. C. Fields Sex isn’t necessary. You don’t die without it, but you can die having it.
W. C. FieldsW. C. Fields Christmas at my house is always at least six or seven times more pleasant than anywhere else. We start drinking early. And while everyone else is seeing only one Santa Claus, we’ll be seeing six or seven.
W. C. FieldsW. C. Fields A woman drove me to drink and I didn’t even have the decency to thank her.
W. C. FieldsW. C. Fields If you can’t dazzle them with brilliance, baffle them with bull.
W. C. FieldsW. C. Fields Sleep! The most beautiful experience in life. Except drink.
W. C. FieldsW. C. Fields Don’t worry about your heart, it will last you as long as you live.
W. C. FieldsW. C. Fields It is well to remember that there are five reasons for drinking: the arrival of a friend, one’s present or future thirst, the excellence of the cognac, or any other reason.
W. C. FieldsW. C. Fields
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Frode GaslandFrode Gasland If you are true to yourself, you are already a winner.
Alex DanielAlex Daniel You deserve words that remind you of your value.
Saif Ali ManganSaif Ali Mangan Do always wonder about your worth and remind yourself that even roses have their own thorns.
Megan LaoMegan Lao I’m like sugar in the coffee. Stir me and I’ll dissolve into you.
BelaBela Plans have changed. Life looks different. & now we’re all figuring it out as we go.
Tanya GillTanya Gill Be loyal to those loyal to you.
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More on honesty
So many of our conversations (about affirmative action) have been dishonest
Clarence ThomasClarence Thomas The honest man, though e’er sae poor, Is king o’ men, for a’ that!
Robert BurnsRobert Burns It’s always best to tell the truth.
Rudyard KiplingRudyard Kipling I don’t subscribe to the thesis, ‘Let the buyer beware,’ I prefer the disregarded one that goes, ‘Let the seller be honest.’
Isaac AsimovIsaac Asimov It ‘s guid to be merry and wise, It ‘s guid to be honest and true, It ‘s guid to support Caledonia’s cause, And bide by the buff and the blue.
Robert BurnsRobert Burns Follow your honest convictions and be strong.
William Makepeace ThackerayWilliam Makepeace Thackeray Dare to be honest and fear no labor.
Robert BurnsRobert Burns The upright, honest-hearted man Who strives to do the best he can, Need never fear the church’s ban Or hell’s damnation.
Robert BurnsRobert Burns