Benjamin Franklin's Honesty

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Benjamin Franklin’s quote, “Honesty is the best policy”, raises many questions and challenges for us in daily life. Simply asking what is honesty, what is the best and what does policy mean with an examination of these three terms will give clarity of Benjamin Franklin’s quote.

Honesty is a lot of things like telling the truth. Telling the truth means telling the person what really happened, not lieing. For an example, a mother asks her son if his chores were done and he said no and really they were not. That's telling the truth. An example of a quote about telling the truth is “If you want to be trusted, be honest, If you want to be honest, be true. If you want to be true, be yourself.” -Unknown.

Honesty is also loyalty. Loyalty is a strong feeling of support or allegiance. For an example, a girl got a cat and the cat comes to her when the cat wants to. A quote about loyalty is “Loyalty is hard to find. Trust is easy to lose. Actions speak louder than words.” -Unknown. …show more content…

Honor is high respect for others and yourself. For an example, a man sacrifice his life to save a friend. A quote about honor is “Honor is like a match, you can only use it once -Marcel Pagnol. An honest person may find others see him/her as more worthy of trust.
When something is identified as “the best”, to what is it being compared? Would the comparison be to what is “ok”?”bad”,“better” or is it something more? When something is the best, there is nothing superior to it. Benjamin Franklin, in the saying just that. Matchless can describe the best. Matchless means nothing else like it, it’s irreplaceable. An example of a quotes about matchless is “There’s no one like you, you are unique”

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