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It is with sincere affection or friendship as with ghosts and apparitions,--a thing that everybody talks of, and scarce any hath seen.
Those who love with purity consider not the gift of the lover, but the love of the giver.
Sincerity,
Thou first of virtues, let no mortal leave
Thy onward path, although the earth should gape,
And from the gulf of hell destruction rise,
To take dissimulation's winding way.
I think you will find that people who honestly mean to be true really contradict themselves much more rarely than those who try to be "consistent."
Don't be "consistent," but be simply true.
Frank sincerity, though no invited guest, is free to all, and brings his welcome with him.
A silent address is the genuine eloquence of sincerity.
O fall the evil spirits abroad at his hour in the world, insincerity is the most dangerous.
Her words are trusty heralds to her mind.
Truth and fidelity are the pillars of the temple of the world; when these are broken, the fabric falls, and crushes all to pieces.
Never apologize for showing feeling. My friend, remember that when you do so you apologize for truth.