Honesty is the first chapter of the book to be wise

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      Honesty is a very small word but very powerful. Because not all people can be honest. It takes a lot of courage to be honest. And not everyone has that honest courage.  Honesty is the first chapter of the book to be wise. This wonderful quote was made by Thomas Jefferson. We all know how important the first chapter of a book is to a book on that subject. In the same way, it is very important to be wise and to be honest. 

It is very important to be wise in life. Because honesty is as important to people as it is to being wise. Because the main condition for being wise is honesty. That is, wise people always show honesty. Wise people never resort to lies or greed or many temptations. Rather, they are always honest. So honest people are easily wise and there they are loved all over the world. 

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Those who live an honest life have become much wiser personally. I am trying to give such an example. Which is a story in a second grade textbook. A man was a woodcutter. He was very poor but honest. When he went to cut wood by the river, the ax fell into the water while he was cutting wood and he became sad. Then a mermaid came up from the river and asked him why are you crying? Then the mermaid dived into the water and brought a golden ax for him and asked him if the ax was his. He did not say this ax is not mine. Similarly the mermaid brought for him a silver ax and an iron ax and asked him.

Then the man said the iron ax is mine. Then the mermaid was happy and gave him three axes as a gift.  The man is known for his honesty. As a result, the man has been rewarded as well as his wisdom and honesty. If he hadn't been honest. Even if he was wise, his knowledge would have no value because of his greed because the mermaid had already knows about it. At every stage of life or in social work or above all we should show honesty. And that is why we have to be wise because being wise is the first step to honesty. Because wise people never resort to lies, but they are honest.

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