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Honesty refers to a facet of moral character and denotes positive, virtuous attributes such as integrity, truthfulness, and straightforwardness along with the absence of lying, cheating, or theft. "Honesty is the best policy." -- William Shakespeare, Mark Twain and Steve Landesberg. all said this saying
Ok so conscience came into play, why?
As an example, I went to the store today and bought a few items. After I walked away, I noticed that the cashier didn't charge me for the most expensive item, so I went back and insisted she charge me for it. She was flabbergasted and couldn't believe I came back in to make it right. I told her that I could not, in good conscience, take or use something that I didn't pay for.
Honesty will destroy your life, honesty will keep you from financial advancement, honesty will break your heart, honesty will make people turn on you, honesty will make people say your crazy, honesty will cause people to NOT trust you, honesty is for suckers like me, once you become an honest person and after a period of time you will not be able to stop being honest and after forty years you will look back on your honest life with regret because you will watch every single dishonest person you know have all of the good things in life while you have nothing.
Originally posted by Iamschist
it is an ingrained value.
Originally posted by Iamschist
You perhaps need to define what is your perception of honesty OP.
So back to question #3 in my OP. So how can you "perceive" honesty when it can or most likely will "Backfire"?
dictionary.reference.com...
per·ceive [per-seev] Show IPA verb (used with object), -ceived, -ceiv·ing. 1. to become aware of, know, or identify by means of the senses: I perceived an object looming through the mist. 2. to recognize, discern, envision, or understand: I perceive a note of sarcasm in your voice. This is a nice idea but I perceive difficulties in putting it into practice.