All truths are easy to understand once they are discovered; the point is to discover them: Commonly attributed to Galileo Honesty is often very hard. The truth is often painful. But the freedom it can bring is worth the trying: Fred Rogers No legacy is so rich as honesty: William Shakespeare Half a truth is often a great lie: Benjamin Franklin, from Poor Richard's Almanack (1758) Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom: Thomas Jefferson The Pure and Simple Truth is Rarely Pure and Never Simple: Oscar Wilde