4. Qui est convenable, situé à un niveau moyen, mais néanmoins suffisant : Se classer dans une honnête moyenne ; conforme aux règles de la morale et de la probité : Mener une vie honnête.
homme du monde accompli, d'un esprit cultivé mais exempt de pédantisme, agréable et distingué tant dans son aspect physique que dans ses manières, idéal de l'époque classique (xviie-xviiie s.).
Difficultés de honnête
EMPLOI ET SENS
Un homme honnête / un honnête homme. Un homme honnête est un homme qui se conforme aux règles de la morale et de la probité. Honnête homme se dit dans le même sens, mais désigne aussi un homme curieux de tout, cultivé sans être pédant. C'est dans ce sens que l'on parle de la culture de l'honnête homme, de la bibliothèque de l'honnête homme, de l'honnête homme au sens du XVIIe siècle.
Une femme honnête / une honnête femme : ces deux expressions sont équivalentes et désignent aujourd'hui une femme probe (comme honnête homme désigne un homme probe). L'expression une honnête femme, une honnête fille, au sens de « femme, jeune fille chaste, s'abstenant de tout rapport avec les hommes en dehors du mariage », n'a plus cours, sauf intention plaisante ou malicieuse.
remarque Un équivalent moderne serait : une fille sérieuse (qui tend d'ailleurs lui aussi à vieillir, compte tenu de l'évolution des mœurs).
Citations avec honnête
Émile Chartier, dit Alain (Mortagne-au-Perche 1868-Le Vésinet 1951) Fondez une Société des honnêtes gens, tous les voleurs en seront. Propos d'un Normand, tome III , Gallimard
Henri Frédéric Amiel (Genève 1821-Genève 1881) L'honnête homme est celui qui ne se pique de rien. Journal intime, 8 septembre 1866
Joseph Berchoux (Saint-Symphorien-de-Lay, Loire, vers 1765-Marcigny, Saône-et-Loire, 1839) Rien ne doit déranger l'honnête homme qui dîne. La Gastronomie
Alfred Capus (Aix 1858-Neuilly 1922) Académie française, 1914 Il y a de mauvais conseils que seule une honnête femme peut donner. Les Passagères, Ollendorf
Sébastien Roch Nicolas, dit Nicolas de Chamfort (près de Clermont-Ferrand 1740-Paris 1794) Académie française, 1781 M, pour peindre d'un seul mot la rareté des honnêtes gens, me disait que, dans la société, l'honnête homme est une variété de l'espèce humaine. Caractères et anecdotes
André Gide (Paris 1869-Paris 1951) Les bourgeois honnêtes ne comprennent pas qu'on puisse être honnête autrement qu'eux. Les Faux-Monnayeurs, Gallimard
Abel Hermant (Paris 1862-Chantilly 1950) Je ne sais pas ce que peut être la conscience d'une canaille, mais je sais ce qu'est la conscience d'un honnête homme : c'est effrayant. Le Bourgeois, Hachette
Victor Hugo (Besançon 1802-Paris 1885) Devenir un coquin, ce n'est pas commode. Il est moins malaisé d'être honnête homme. Les Misérables
Jean de La Bruyère (Paris 1645-Versailles 1696) L'honnête homme tient le milieu entre l'habile homme et l'homme de bien, quoique dans une distance inégale de ces deux extrêmes. Les Caractères, Des jugements
Pierre Choderlos deLaclos (Amiens 1741-Tarente 1803) Le scélérat a ses vertus, comme l'honnête homme a ses faiblesses. Les Liaisons dangereuses
comte Joseph de Maistre (Chambéry 1753-Turin 1821) Je ne sais ce qu'est la vie d'un coquin, je ne l'ai jamais été ; mais celle d'un honnête homme est abominable. Lettres et Opuscules inédits
François Mauriac (Bordeaux 1885-Paris 1970) Académie française, 1933 Là où il n'y a pas de gendarmes, une certaine race d' honnêtes gens est capable de tout. Bloc-notes, V , Flammarion
Antoine Gombaud, chevalier de Méré (en Poitou vers 1607-château de Baussay, Poitou, 1684) Il serait à souhaiter, pour être toujours agréable, d'exceller en tout ce qui sied bien aux honnêtes gens, sans néanmoins se piquer de rien. Des agréments
Antoine Gombaud, chevalier de Méré (en Poitou vers 1607-château de Baussay, Poitou, 1684) Si quelqu'un me demandait en quoi consiste l'honnêteté, je dirais que ce n'est autre chose que d'exceller en tout ce qui regarde les agréments et les bienséances de la vie. Œuvres posthumes, Discours I
Octave Mirbeau (Trévières, Calvados, 1848-Paris 1917) Si infâmes que soient les canailles, ils ne le sont jamais autant que les honnêtes gens. Le Journal d'une femme de chambre, Fasquelle
Jean-Baptiste Poquelin, dit Molière (Paris 1622-Paris 1673) On peut être honnête homme et faire mal des vers. Le Misanthrope, IV, 1, Philinte
Jean-Baptiste Poquelin, dit Molière (Paris 1622-Paris 1673) Hors de Paris, il n'y a point de salut pour les honnêtes gens. Les Précieuses ridicules, 9, Mascarille
Jules Renard (Châlons, Mayenne, 1864-Paris 1910) Il est plus difficile d'être un honnête homme huit jours qu'un héros un quart d'heure. Journal, 17 juillet 1906 , Gallimard
Jean-Jacques Rousseau (Genève 1712-Ermenonville, 1778) Les fripons sont d'honnêtes gens comme tout le monde ! Julie ou la Nouvelle Héloïse
Jules Supervielle (Montevideo, Uruguay, 1884-Paris 1960) Je suis un parfait honnête homme. Je me dégoûte complètement. Le Voleur d'enfants, Gallimard
Hippolyte Adolphe Taine (Vouziers 1828-Paris 1893) Académie française, 1878 L'honnête homme, à Paris, ment dix fois par jour, l'honnête femme vingt fois par jour, l'homme du monde cent fois par jour. On n'a jamais pu compter combien de fois par jour ment une femme du monde. Vie et opinions de Thomas Graindorge
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