"There were always many sickly people among those who poetize and are addicted to God; with rage they hate the knowing ones and that youngest of virtues which is called honesty.
Backward they look always toward darker times, for then, truly, delusion and faith were another matter. Raving of reason was next to godliness, and doubting was sin."
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“The relationship between a Dom and a sub is based on honesty."
...Bernard de Mandeville'in The Fable of the Bees or Privat Vices Make Public Benefits (Arılar Efsanesi ya da Genel Refahı Yapan Kişisel Erdemsizliklerdir) başlıklı son derece ilgi çekici bir kitapçığından alıyoruz. Bu yazı, o zamanlar, akla inanan ve ahlak düşüncelerine son derece duygulu olan 18. yüzyılda kuvvetli bir etki ve heyecan
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And she couldn’t believe, not after the honesty she had witnessed in his eyes, time after time - about his lust, his hatred, even his pain - that he hadn’t changed somewhere too. While the boy he’d been might want her life, might still want to hold on to the debt in his mind, the man he was only wanted her.
That was his weakness.
He wanted her and he'd made it obvious. He wanted her and that was the reason she was still alive. He wanted her and that was why he'd protected her, sheltered her, saved her, time after time, from her own father.
This want was his weakness.
"Honesty is useful, because it assures credit; so are punctuality, industry, frugality, and that is the reason they are virtues. A logical deduction from this would be that where, for instance, the appearance of honesty serves the same purpose, that would suffice".
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“Before you demand anything from others, learn to be honest with yourself. Have the courage to accept that you were the one killing all your dreams. Stand tall against the lies your brain might want to throw at you. You will meet enough people in your life who will say one thing but their actions won't match. You will meet a lot of people who are going to lie to you. While you cannot control how others treat you, you can learn to be honest with yourself. Deep down you always know what's best for you, you can sense when to leave a person because you are just being used, you realize when you did wrong and when you were wronged yet just stay in your comfort zone and keep things as they are, your brain will play tricks on you. You will make great excuses to convince yourself not to start working, give a person another chance, or keep eating junk food until Monday. That's because honesty with yourself is the toughest thing. You get to live your worst fears and are left with no option but to work to improve things. Yet honesty with yourself will make[…]”
