--- title: "9 False Pretenses Quotes by 9 authors" description: "Browse 9 False Pretenses quotes by 9 authors. Discover the best False Pretenses sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7ab/muse-13397_quote_you-caught-me-under-false-pretenses-1301_1301033.jpg" --- > [You caught me under false pretenses.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/muse/you-caught-me-under-false-pretenses/) [Muse](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/muse/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7ab/muse-13397_quote_you-caught-me-under-false-pretenses-1301_1301033.jpg) > [I don't want to inhabit the human world under false pretenses.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/janet-frame/i-don-t-want-to-inhabit-the-human-world-under-false-pretenses/) [Janet Frame](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/janet-frame/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ea2/janet-frame-8769_humans_i-don-t-want-to-inhabit-the-human-world_204341.jpg) > [I don't do interviews under false pretenses.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-stoppard/i-don-t-do-interviews-under-false-pretenses/) [Tom Stoppard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-stoppard/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/741/tom-stoppard-437_false_i-don-t-do-interviews-under-false-preten_2160457.png) > [If there is no hell, a good many preachers are obtaining money under false pretenses.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/if-there-is-no-hell-a-good-many-preachers-are-obtaining-money-under/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/799/anonymous-1_good-man_if-there-is-no-hell-a-good-many-preacher_1965087.jpg) > [If there is not Hell, a good many preachers are obtaining money under false pretenses.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/billy-sunday/if-there-is-not-hell-a-good-many-preachers-are-obtaining-money-under/) [Billy Sunday](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/billy-sunday/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3c8/billy-sunday-4239_good-man_if-there-is-not-hell-a-good-many-preache_3224901.png) > [Music is the one thing in which there is no use trying to deceive others or make false pretenses.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/confucius/music-is-the-one-thing-in-which-there-is-no-use-trying-to-deceive/) [Confucius](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/confucius/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/517/confucius-164_deceive_music-is-the-one-thing-in-which-there-is_2284644.jpg) > [The scientist who yields anything to theology, however slight, is yielding to ignorance and false pretenses, and as certainly as if he…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/h-l-mencken/the-scientist-who-yields-anything-to-theology-however-slight-is/) [H. L. Mencken](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/h-l-mencken/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e58/h-l-mencken-245_bottles_the-scientist-who-yields-anything-to-the_51420.png) > [We assume that others are receiving the kind of appreciation we want for ourselves, and we proceed on the assumption that since…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-merton/we-assume-that-others-are-receiving-the-kind-of-appreciation-we-want/) [Thomas Merton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-merton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/969/thomas-merton-231_appreciation_we-assume-that-others-are-receiving-the_2828600.jpg) > [Man was entering under false pretenses the sphere of incredible facilities, acquired too cheaply, below cost price, almost for nothing, and the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bruno-schulz/man-was-entering-under-false-pretenses-the-sphere-of-incredible/) [Bruno Schulz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bruno-schulz/) 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