[lit-ideas] Re: "Honesty Is The Best Policy"
- From: Andy Amago <aamago@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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- Date: Wed, 13 Oct 2004 20:25:59 -0400 (GMT-04:00)
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From: Jlsperanza@xxxxxxx
Sent: Oct 13, 2004 11:31 AM
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Subject: [lit-ideas] "Honesty Is The Best Policy"
J.L. wrote:
I have not been able to find the couplet, but it was apparently Richard
Whately -- the Oxford Dict. of Quotations says -- "1787-1863, English
philosopher
and theologian, Archbishop of Dublin from 1831", who wrote:
"Honesty is the beste policy; but he who is governed by that maxim is not an
honest man."
A.A. This doesn't compute. Why is someone who practices honesty not an honest
man?
Andy
Apophthegms 1854
--- He was surely reading Kant.
Cheers,
JL
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