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honesty is the best policy; implying that dishonesty will eventually be exposed
köken: Literally, “[being] honest lasts the longest”. Compare Dutch eerlijk duurt het langst.
aile: ewig währt am längsten
honesty is the best policy; implying that dishonesty will eventually be exposed
köken: Literally, “honest lasts the longest”. Compare the same in German ehrlich währt am längsten.
honesty is the best policy
köken: A variant (with siveys instead of rehellisyys) can be found in Henrik Florinus: Wanhain suomalaisten tawaliset ja suloiset sananlascut ("The Proper and Graceful Proverbs of the Old Finns", 1702): Siweys maan peri.