Your uncle was obviously an honorable man. Those were indeed wise words he spoke there. You were fortunate to have such a decent relative there as I was with my grandmother. The older generation held the country together with principles such as these. We see how the decline in simple honorable principles caused the 2008 financial crash. One does not need to be of any religious faith to believe that it is only right to have integrity and honesty.

Once I told a lie, I think I was about age 10 or 11, and my grandmother said;
"Arthur, when you say just one lie, how are people to know if the next thing you say is NOT a lie. Are people supposed to guess when you are lying or telling the truth?"
I never told a lie again, other than telling her that she still looked young for her age. Those lies she dint mind ha ha God bless her soul.

It seems today politicians, bankers, salesmen etc think that it is OK to lie as long as you dont get caught.
They have no moral fiber at all.
Perhaps in the future such values as your uncle and my grandmother had will return, we must live by example I guess.
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