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'Frank and explicit'' - that is the right line to take when you wish to conceal your own mind and to confuse the minds of others.

Candor

Benjamin Disraeli

PoliticianBritish1804 · 19th century

3.8 · 60 votes

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A ''No'' uttered from deepest conviction is better and greater than a ''Yes'' merely uttered to please, or what is worse, to avoid trouble.

Candor

LeaderIndian1869 · 19th century

3.4 · 40 votes

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Always be ready to speak your mind, and a base man will avoid you.

Candor

ComedianAmerican1879 · 19th century

3.6 · 31 votes

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Candor is the brightest gem of criticism.

Candor

Benjamin Disraeli

PoliticianBritish1804 · 19th century

3.6 · 27 votes · 174 reads

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Examine what is said, not him who speaks.

Arabian proverb

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If all hearts were open and all desires known - as they would be if people showed their souls - how many gapings, sighings, clenched fists, knotted brows, broad grins, and red eyes should we see in the market-place!

Candor

Thomas H. Huxley

ScientistEnglish1825 · 19th century

5.0 · 38 votes

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It is the weak and confused who worship the pseudosimplicities of brutal directness.

Candor

Marshall Mcluhan

EducatorCanadian1911 · 20th century

3.7 · 34 votes · 194 reads

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Let us not be ashamed to speak what we shame not to think.

Candor

PhilosopherFrench1533 · 16th century

3.6 · 21 votes

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There is an unseemly exposure of the mind, as well as of the body.

Candor

William Faulkner

WriterAmerican1897 · 19th century

3.1 · 28 votes · 113 reads

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There is no wisdom like frankness.

Candor

Benjamin Disraeli

PoliticianBritish1804 · 19th century

3.8 · 36 votes

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