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Read & copy the quotation
“Thus reliableness becomes a passport to the general esteem and confidence of mankind.”
- Source
- Character
- Date
- 1871
Meaning of “Thus reliableness becomes a passport to the general…”
Smiles connects trust with repeated dependability rather than image: people become credible when others learn that their words, knowledge claims and commitments can be relied on in practice.
Where does it come from?
Character, Chapter I, “Influence of Character,” Project Gutenberg #2541. The sentence closes Smiles’s paragraph on truthfulness as veracity, rectitude and practical reliableness, explaining why dependable words and actions earn general confidence.
