The Routledge Book of World Proverbs
A clean mouth and honest hand, will take a man through any land. (German)
A man is not honest simply because he never had a chance to steal. (Yiddish)
An honest face is the best recommendation. (German)
An honest magistrate cannot succeed. (Chinese)
An honest magistrate has lean cheeks. (Chinese)
An honest man does not make himself a dog for the sake of a bone. (Danish)
An honest man is not the worse because a dog barks at him. (Danish)
An honest man will receive neither money nor praise, that is not his due. (Poor Richard)
An honest man’s word is as good as the king’s. (Portuguese)
An honest man’s word is his bond. (German)
Better to take what you can in a straight way than to acquire by crookedness. (Chinese)
He is not an honest man who has burned his tongue and does not tell the company that the soup is hot. (Italian)
Honest men fear neither light nor dark. (German)
Honest parents, honest children. (Spanish)
Honesty brings success, dishonesty defeats itself. (Chinese)
Honesty is like an icicle: if once it melts that is the end of it. (American)
Honesty is often goaded to ruin. (Roman)
Honesty is praised and left out to freeze. (Roman)
Honesty is the best policy. (American)
Honesty is true honor. (Roman)
Honesty lasts longest. (German)
Honesty makes one rich, but slowly. (German)
Honesty with poverty is better than ill-gotten wealth. (Roman)
Only those things are good which are honest. (Roman)
The dishonest starve, the honest eat their fruit. (Burmese)
The honest man does not repent. (Roman)
Thrive by honesty or remain poor. (French)
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