“The relationship between a Dom and a sub is based on honesty."
“I believe that anyone who says that sex is overrated just hasn't done it properly. I believe that anyone who claims to know what's going on will lie about the little things too. I believe in absolute honesty and sensible social lies. I believe in a woman's right to choose, a baby's right to live, that while all human life is sacred there's nothing wrong with the death penalty if you can trust the legal system implicitly, and that no one but a moron would ever trust the legal system.
I believe that life is a game, that life is a cruel joke, and that life is what happens when you're alive and that you might as well lie back and enjoy it.”
“I believe in absolute honesty and sensible social lies.”
...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.
“I can believe things that are true and things that aren't true and I can believe things where nobody knows if they're true or not.
I can believe in Santa Claus and the Easter Bunny and the Beatles and Marilyn Monroe and Elvis and Mister Ed. Listen - I believe that people are perfectable, that knowledge is infinite, that the world is
"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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'in all honesty, i want to die.'
leaving for good after a good long cry,
she said: 'we both have suffered terribly,
but, sappho, it is hard to say goodbye.'
i said: 'go with my blessing if you go
always remembering what we did. to me
you have meant everything, as you well know.
'yet, lest it slip your mind, i shall review
everything we have shared - the good times, too:
'you culled violets and roses, bloom and stem,
often in spring and i looked on as you
wove a bouquet into a diadem.
'time and again we plucked lush flowers, wed
spray after spray in strands and fastened them
around your soft neck; you perfumed your head
'of glossy curls with myrrh - lavish infusions
in queenly quantities - then on a bed
prepared with fleecy sheets and yielding cushions,
'sated your craving...'
Socrates as a Lawyer in Today's World
Socrates, one of the most prominent figures in ancient Greek philosophy, had a profound impact on the legal world with his questioning method and ethical principles. So, what kind of lawyer would Socrates be if he lived today?
Socratic Method and Legal Defense
One of Socrates' most distinctive
“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[…]”
"You think too much of the love of human beings; but in the end your sincerity and honesty will be rewarded."
Kişisel bütünlük onurlu bir yaşam için sorumluluk almak demektir. Cesaret ister. Brad Blanton, Radical Honesty adlı kitabında, yalan yaşamı öldürür, der. En kötü yalan, kişinin kendine söylediği yalandır. 
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That if you be honest and fair, your honesty should admit no discourse to your beauty.
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Every man does have a star. The star of one’s honesty. And you spend your life groping for it, but once it’s out it never lights again.
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“What do you think they're going to do to us when they find us guilty?" she says after a few minutes of silence have passed.
"Honestly?"
"Does now seem like the time for honesty?"
I look at her from the corner of my eye. "I think they're going to force us to eat lots of cake and then take an unreasonably long nap.”
