Quote by George Bancroft

Dishonesty is so grasping it would deceive God himself, were it possible.

Dishonesty is so grasping it would deceive God himself, were

Summary

This quote highlights the extent and insidious nature of dishonesty. It suggests that dishonesty is all-encompassing and powerful, so much so that it could even manage to deceive a divine entity like God if it were somehow feasible. The quote implies that dishonesty has a manipulative force that allows it to deceive, trick, or cheat anyone, regardless of their power or knowledge. Ultimately, this quote serves as a reminder of the inherent danger and far-reaching consequences of deceitfulness.

Topics

God

By George Bancroft

Liked the quote? Share it with your friends.

Random Quotations

My real talent was for losing clients.

My real talent was for losing clients.

Advertising

I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death

I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it.N. B.: This quote is commonly attributed to Voltaire, but it is not found in his writing.

S. G. Tallentyre, The Friends of

Death Liberty

A thing may happen and be a total lie; another thing may not

A thing may happen and be a total lie; another thing may not happen and be truer than the truth.

Truth War Lies

Becca Fitzpatrick

Love Angel Nora Grey Patch Cipriano

When a mother quarrels with a daughter, she has a double dos

When a mother quarrels with a daughter, she has a double dose of unhappiness hers from the conflict, and empathy with her daughter's from the conflict with her. Throughout her life a mother retains this special need to maintain a good relationship with her daughter.

Relationship

Intense, unexpected suffering passes more quickly than suffe

Intense, unexpected suffering passes more quickly than suffering that is apparently bearable; the latter goes on for years and, without our noticing, eats away at our souls, until, one day, we are no longer able to free ourselves from the bitterness and it stays with us for the rest of our lives.

Inspirational

A hen is only a egg's way of making another egg.

A hen is only a egg's way of making another egg.

Samuel Butler, Life and Habit

Eggs

On September 17, 1914, Erzberger, the well-known German stat

On September 17, 1914, Erzberger, the well-known German statesman, an eminent member of the Catholic Party, wrote to the Minister of War, General von Falkenhayn, We must not worry about committing an offence against the rights of nations nor about violating the laws of humanity. Such feelings today are of secondary importance? A month later, on October 21, 1914, he wrote in Der Tag, If a way was found of entirely wiping out the whole of London it would be more humane to employ it than to allow the blood of A SINGLE GERMAN SOLDIER to be shed on the battlefield!

Georges Clemenceau

And yet of all the home remedies, A good wife and mother is

And yet of all the home remedies, A good wife and mother is still the best.

Mother

Could I say that the reason that I am here today, you know,

Could I say that the reason that I am here today, you know, from the mouth of the State Department itself, is: I should not be allowed to travel because I have struggled for years for the independence of the colonial peoples of Africa.

Though 'Fire and Rain' is very personal, for other people it

Though 'Fire and Rain' is very personal, for other people it resonates as a sort of commonly held experience... And that's what happens with me. I write things for personal reasons, and then in some cases it... can be a shared experience.

Experience

Above our life we love a steadfast friend.

Above our life we love a steadfast friend.

Christopher Marlowe

Life