Quotes about honesty

Honest people are always happy without seeking, and greedy people are always worried about lack. (Song Sima Guang's Supplementary Biography of Wen Zi) Honest and not greedy, impartial. (Liu Tang Zongyuan's Tomb Records of Duan Hong, Chu Shi) Only honest people can keep appointments with their lovers, and greedy people will be thin and fat. It's better to be clean than trapped in a ditch. (Cao Qingxue Qin's Dream of Red Mansions) Be mean and change your mind. (Lv Chunqiu Zhonglian) In the office, you are as honest as you are. (Qi Diao's Collected Works of Confucius) Corruption and waste are great sins. (Mao Zedong) Dignity is not enough to change his position, nor is paying attention to interests enough to change his mind. ("Warring States Policy Zhao Ce II") Those who are satisfied are happy, and those who are greedy are worried. (Song Lin Bu's "The Record of Worry-Free") The wind blows on the sleeves, so as not to talk too long. Clean public service advertisement

(Ming Yuqian, "Going to Beijing") Those honest people are also like the people; Greedy people are thieves of the people. (Song Bao Zheng's Begging for No Corrupt Officials) Wise men don't do whatever they want, but honest men don't want everything. (Han Ying, Biography of Chinese Poetry in the Western Han Dynasty) An can observe with his own body. Where's the receiver? (The Fisherman by Qu Yuan in the Warring States Period) If you are thirsty, you will not drink stolen spring water, but if you are hot, you will continue to be evil. (Golden Tiger) It is turbid and clear, and it is greedy and cheap. (Liu Tang Zongyuan's Yongzhou Wei Shijun Tang Xin Ji) It should be noted that under the bait, the hook is touched. (Fish Don Li Qunyu) If you are not satisfied, when is greed? (Tang Bai Juyi, "Book Meaning, Early Autumn Night") Loyalty and sincerity are the foundation of career, not fishing names. (Song Lin Bu's "The Record of Peace of Mind") Clear water is muddy but not stained, and flying dust on muddy roads. There are many treasures in this town, so be careful not to get tired of poverty. (Huang Ming Zunsu, On Zhou Xia) Nothing in the world is more difficult to suppress than the cursed greed of human beings. (Ancient Greece) Homer's Odysseus) A greedy man can't do anything well until he dies. ([British] Wilson T "On usury") The greedy man wants everything, but he loses everything. (krylov's The Greedy Man and the Hen) Even if the whole world is put in front of the greedy man, he will not be satisfied. (Persian Rose Garden) People are not greedy for money and ghosts are afraid. (China proverb) It is better to have no money than to hurt honesty. (China proverb) Fish is the bait to swallow the hook, and birds are the chaff to catch. (China proverb) You can never wet your shoes by standing by the river. (China proverb) He who is not greedy for money will not suffer. (China proverb) Greed is the root of all evil. (English proverb) Too much stuffing in your mouth often makes you suffocate. (Italian proverb) If you don't spend money, greedy people will drink poison. (Korean proverb)