[lit-ideas] Re: "Honesty Is The Best Policy"

  • From: Judy Evans <judithevans001@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Thu, 14 Oct 2004 01:44:04 +0100

Thursday, October 14, 2004, 1:25:59 AM, Andy Amago wrote:

 
AA> J.L. wrote: I have not been able to find the couplet, but it was
AA> apparently Richard Whately -- the Oxford Dict. of Quotations says
AA> -- "1787-1863, English  philosopher and theologian, Archbishop of
AA> Dublin from 1831", who wrote:
 
AA> "Honesty is the beste policy; but he who is governed by that maxim is not  
an
AA> honest man."


AA> A.A. This doesn't compute.  Why is someone who practices honesty not an 
honest man?

It's a matter of motive:

The last temptation is the greatest treason/To do the right deed for
the wrong reason






-- 
 Judy Evans, Cardiff, UK   
mailto:judithevans001@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx


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