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  2. You Can't Cheat an Honest Man - Wikipedia

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    Whipsnade says that his grandfather Litvak's last words, spoken "just before they sprung the trap", were: "You can't cheat an honest man; never give a sucker an even break, or smarten up a chump." The line expands on his character's comment to his daughter in the musical Poppy (1923): "Let me give you just one bit of fatherly advice: Never give ...

  3. Henry Wotton - Wikipedia

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    Sir Henry Wotton (/ ˈ w ʊ t ən /; 30 March 1568 – December 1639) was an English author, diplomat [1] and politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1614 and 1625. When on a mission to Augsburg in 1604, he famously said "An ambassador is an honest gentleman sent to lie abroad for the good of his country".

  4. Diogenes - Wikipedia

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    Diogenes searching for a Man, to G. B. Castiglione (c. 1645 - 1655), in the Prado Museum. The stories told of Diogenes illustrate the logical consistency of his character. He inured himself to the weather by living in a clay wine jar [5] [19] belonging to the temple of Cybele. [20]

  5. Honesty - Wikipedia

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    Diogenes Searching for an Honest Man, attributed to J. H. W. Tischbein (c. 1780). Honesty or truthfulness is a facet of moral character that connotes positive and virtuous attributes such as integrity, truthfulness, straightforwardness (including straightforwardness of conduct: earnestness), along with the absence of lying, cheating, theft, etc. Honesty also involves being trustworthy, loyal ...

  6. 100 of the Best Quotes from Famous People - AOL

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    Famous people quotes about life. 46. “There is only one certainty in life and that is that nothing is certain.” —G.K. Chesterton (June 1926) 47. “Make it a rule of life never to regret and ...

  7. Never Give a Sucker an Even Break - Wikipedia

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    Fields' preferred title for the film was The Great Man, which also had been his original title for The Bank Dick, but this title again was rejected by Universal. [3] [4] When the title was changed, Fields was afraid that "Never Give a Sucker an Even Break" would not fit on theater marquees, and it would be abbreviated to "W. C. Fields - Sucker ...

  8. Kevin Costner gives 'perfectly honest' reaction to ... - AOL

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    During the show's Season Five, Part Two premiere on Nov. 10, Costner’s character, John Dutton, initially appeared to die by suicide. However, viewers soon learned he was the target of a murder ...

  9. Bishop Myriel - Wikipedia

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    He explains to Valjean that his act of mercy was for a greater cause, instructs Valjean to use the silver "to become an honest man", and says that he has bought Valjean's soul for God. Although his role is highly condensed compared to that of the novel, the Bishop retains the same heroic character and has a major significance in the story ...