[lit-ideas] Re: "Honesty Is The Best Policy"
- From: Judy Evans <judithevans001@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 13 Oct 2004 19:18:53 +0100
Wednesday, October 13, 2004, 4:31:24 PM, Jlsperanza@xxxxxxx wrote: -
JL> I have not been able to find the couplet, but it was apparently
JL> Richard Whately -- the Oxford Dict. of Quotations says --
JL> "1787-1863, English philosopher and theologian, Archbishop of
JL> Dublin from 1831", who wrote:
Jac> "Honesty is the beste policy; but he who is governed by that maxim is not
an
Jac> honest man."
Thank you, JL; I had no idea that was the full saying.
Jac> Apophthegms 1854
Jac> --- He was surely reading Kant.
Jac> Cheers,
Jac> JL
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Judy Evans, Cardiff, UK
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