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Hypocrisy |
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Quotations
 | There is nothing worse than words of kindness that lie. — Juvenal, 1st-2nd cent. AD, Roman satiric poet 16 likes |
 | Hypocrites are those who apply to others the standards that they refuse to accept for themselves. — Noam Chomsky, 1928-, American linguist, philosopher, social activist 16 likes |
 | If you're gonna be two-faced at least make one of them pretty. — Marilyn Monroe, 1926-1962, American actress 16 likes |
 | In order to become the master, the politician poses as the servant. — Charles de Gaulle, 1890-1970, French President 14 likes |
 | Men will wrangle for religion, write for it, fight for it, die for it; anything but live for it. — Charles Caleb Colton, 1780-1832, English cleric & writer 13 likes |
 | We forfeit three-fourths of ourselves in order to be like other people. — Arthur Schopenhauer, 1788-1860, German philosopher 12 likes |
 | Hypocrisy is an homage that vice pays to virtue. — La Rochefoucauld, 1613-1680, French writer 10 likes |
 | God hath given you one face, and you make yourself another. — William Shakespeare, 1564-1616, English poet & playwright ‐ Hamlet 10 likes |
 | Politeness, n. The most acceptable hypocrisy. — Ambrose Bierce, 1842–1914, American writer 9 likes |
 | If any foreign minister begins to defend to the death a peace conference, you can be sure his government has already placed its orders for new battleships and airplanes. — Joseph Stalin, 1879-1953, Soviet leader 9 likes |
 | Don't let your will roar when your power only whispers. — Dr. Thomas Fuller, 1654-1734, English physician and adage collector 9 likes |
 | There are people who laugh to show their fine teeth; and there are those who cry to show their good hearts. — Joseph Roux, 1834-1905, French clergyman & poet 8 likes |
 | In a separation it is the one who is not really in love who says the more tender things. — Marcel Proust, 1871-1922, French writer 8 likes |
 | It is farmers who are nice to the cows and the pigs and then kill them. It's even more hypocritical than hunters. At least the hunters don't flatter the animals. — Karl Lagerfeld, 1933-2019, German fashion designer 8 likes |
 | Ordinary hypocrites pretend to be doves; political and literary hypocrites pretend to be eagles. But don't be disconcerted by their aquiline appearance. They are not eagles, but rats or dogs. — Anton Chekhov, 1860-1904, Russian writer 7 likes |
| Nothing prevents us being natural so much as the desire to appear so. — La Rochefoucauld, 1613-1680, French writer 6 likes |
| We confess to little faults only to persuade ourselves we have no great ones. — La Rochefoucauld, 1613-1680, French writer 6 likes |
| The lady doth protest too much, methinks. — William Shakespeare, 1564-1616, English poet & playwright ‐ Hamlet 5 likes |
 | There was more good acting at Hollywood parties than ever appeared on the screen. — Bette Davis, 1908-1989, American actress 4 likes |
 | Stoicism for show: to be an enthusiast of nil admirari, an hysteric of ataraxia. — Emile M. Cioran, 1911-1995, French-Romanian philosopher 4 likes |
 | We have in fact, two kinds of morality, side by side: one which we preach, but do not practice, and another which we practice, but seldom preach. |
 | It’s amazing how much panic one honest man can spread among a multitude of hypocrites. |
 | The fellow that calls you “brother” usually wants something that doesn't belong to him. |
 | Lie during the day and dream at night, there is the man. |
 | Manners are the hypocrisy of nations. |
 | Modesty is the delicate form of hypocrisy. |
 | It is not possible to read a person at first sight. The virtues are usually covered by the veil of modesty, while the flaws wear the mask of hypocrisy. |
 | Actors are the only honest hypocrites. |
| The only vice which cannot be forgiven is hypocrisy. The repentance of a hypocrite is itself hypocrisy. |
 | The first virtue of all really great men is that they are sincere. They eradicate hypocrisy from their hearts. |
 | A bad man is worse when he pretends to be a saint. |
 | I was not a hypocrite, with one real face and several false ones. I had several faces because I was young and didn't know who I was or wanted to be. |
 | When you aren’t sincere you need to pretend, and by pretending you end up believing yourself. That’s the basic principle of every faith. |
 | The contemporary anthropologist, under progressives’ severe gaze, skips quickly over ethnic differences like over hot coals. |
Funny Quotes
 | If I were two-faced, would I be wearing this one? — Abraham Lincoln, 1809-1865, American President 8 likes |
| If you haven't seen your wife smile at a traffic cop, you haven't seen her smile her prettiest. |
Ancient Greek
 | Many, while performing the foulest deeds, use the fairest words. Πολλοί δρώντες τα αίσχιστα, λόγους τους αρίστους ασκέουσι. — Democritus, 470-370 BC, Ancient Greek philosopher 24 likes |
 | A prostitute and a politician pour similar tears. Όμοια πόρνη δάκρυα και ρήτωρ έχει. — Menander, 4th cent. BC, Ancient Greek dramatist (New Comedy) 15 likes |
 | Welcome words on their lips, and murder in their hearts. Έσθλ' αγορεύοντες, κακά δε φρεσί βυσσοδόμευον. — Homer, c. 800-750 BC, Ancient Greek Poet ‐ Odyssey XVII 13 likes |
| Cheats and hypocrites are those who do everything with words and do nothing with actions. Κίβδηλοι και αγαθοφανέες οι λόγω μεν άπαντα, έργω δε ουδέν έρδοντες. — Democritus, 470-370 BC, Ancient Greek philosopher 12 likes |
 | Although they despise each other, they embrace each other, and although they want to be above the others, they bow to each other. Αλλήλων καταφρονούντες αλλήλοις αρεσκεύονται και αλλήλων υπερέχειν θέλοντες, αλλήλοις υποκατακλίνονται. — Marcus Aurelius, 121-180 AD, Roman Emperor ‐ Meditations XI, 14 5 likes |
