Honesty is The Best Policy : Short Essay in English Language for Students Exams Class 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12.
“God looks at the clean hands, not the full ones”, is a well-known maxim. If you are not honest everybody hates you. No dishonest person can be sure of escaping punishment. Crimes are everywhere detected in ways unthought of by criminals. On the other hand, honesty carries its own reward. An honest man need not fear from anybody. He passes his days in cheerfulness.
Honesty has another advantages too. An honest man is liked and respected by one and all, even though he may be poor. He enjoys the confidence of all those who come in contact with him. An honest man gets things on credit in the market. If he is in need of anything, people will not hesitate to give him what he needs. If he is a businessman, customers will flock to him. Pope says, “An honest man is the noblest work of God.” Dishonesty may bring immediate gain, but in the long run it will lead one to ruin. Truth and honesty breed trust and confidence.
In every walk of life. Even the worst rogue, is bound to feel the force of truthful conduct. An honest man has more friends than foes, more peace than distraction. Success and happiness greet him everywhere.
