Honesty isn't as simple as it sounds. At least, not in the application. When someone says, "I tell it like it is," I make for the nearest exit. I don't ever remember anyone using that term unless it was an excuse for saying something really nasty and destructive. And of course, the saying should be, " I tell it like I perceive it to be."

I read a wise commentary on love and honesty:

"Love without honesty is sentimentality
honesty without love is cruelty"

Jerry