Honesty in Gatsby

8 quotes, in the order they happen.

The quotes

Whenever you feel like criticizing anyone, just remember that all the people in this world haven't had the advantages that you've had.

Nick's father · Chapter 1 · class · honesty

Nick's father tells him not to judge. Nick repeats it. He still judges.

the eyes of Doctor T. J. Eckleburg

A faded billboard. A dead oculist. Wilson later talks to it like God.

I am one of the few honest people that I have ever known

Nick says this about himself. Watch whether it stays true.

I hate careless people. That's why I like you.

Jordan likes Nick because she thinks he is careful. She is not.

I did love him once—but I loved you too

Gatsby needs her to say she never loved Tom. She cannot say it cleanly.

They're a rotten crowd. You're worth the whole damn bunch put together.

The only compliment Nick ever gives Gatsby. He says it across the lawn. Gatsby dies anyway.

Let us learn to show our friendship for a man when he is alive and not after he is dead

Gatsby's gangster friend will not come to the funeral. He says this like wisdom.

He just used to stand there like a statue and say, "Don't let that deal go through."

Gatsby, about Wolfsheim · Chapter 4 · class · honesty

Gatsby says Wolfsheim fixed the 1919 World Series. This is the company Gatsby keeps.