Be frank and explicit. That is the right line to take when you wish to conceal your own mind and to confuse the minds of others. Benjamin Disraeli
You must study to be frank with the world: frankness is the child of honesty and courage. Say just what you mean to do on every occasion, and take it for granted that you mean to do right. Robert E Lee
All cruel people describe themselves as paragons of frankness. Tennessee Williams
Frankness is a jewel; only the young can afford it. Mark Twain
We are franker towards others than towards ourselves. Friedrich Nietzsche