Society gains nothing whilst a man, not himself renovated, attempts to renovate things around him; he has become tediously good insome particular… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
When a man has so far corrupted and prostituted the chastity of his mind, as to [profess] things he does not believe,… — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
He (Thomas Paine) saw oppression on every hand; injustice everywhere; hypocrisy at the altar; venality on the bench, tyranny on the throne;… — Robert Green Ingersoll Copy Share Image
If it were not for the intellectual snobs who pay - in solid cash - the arts would perish with their starving… — Aldous Huxley Copy Share Image
No temperance society which is well officered and which has the real good of our fellow-men in view, will ever get drunk… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
It is the height of hypocrisy for [Hillary] Clinton to talk about being the first woman president when every single policy she… — Carly Fiorina Copy Share Image
Our actual enemy is not any force exterior to ourselves, but our own crying weaknesses, our cowardice, our selfishness, our hypocrisy, our… — Sri Aurobindo Copy Share Image
When my stories were translated into other languages and received good reviews in the international press and won prizes, some Arab festivals… — Hassan Blasim Copy Share Image
And when I speak, I don't speak as a Democrat. Or a Republican. Nor an American. I speak as a victim of… — Malcolm X Copy Share Image
“It is extraordinarily entertaining to watch the historians of the past ... entangling themselves in what they were pleased to call the… — Dorothy L. Sayers Copy Share Image
Conservatives came to office to reduce the size of government and enlarge the sphere of free and private initiative. But lately we… — John McCain Copy Share Image
“But it’s a pretense, it’s artificial,” Adelia protested. “Love, honor, respect. When are they ever extended to everyday women? I doubt if… — Ariana Franklin Copy Share Image
His (Deschamps') complaint of court life was the same as is made of government at the top in any age: it was… — Barbara Tuchman Copy Share Image
“Trying to effect change in others is a lost cause especially if you are unwilling to first change yourself. It’s easier to… — Jason Versey Copy Share Image
“Why do women waste their time trying to convince their insecure family members and girlfriends that they are beautiful? Self esteem is… — Shannon L. Alder Copy Share Image
“It isn't enough that the bad guy is prevented from doing his bad deeds; he must suffer as much as possible. It… — M.E. Thomas Copy Share Image
When I first saw a picture of the crucifixion, I lost respect for my parents. I suddenly realised that this is what… — Vivienne Westwood Copy Share Image
“We ought to punish pitilessly that shameful pretence of friendly intercourse. I like a man to be a man, and to show… — Moliere Copy Share Image
It's the lack of humanity in the human psyche that haunts me. The hypocrisy. How people as a group can take something… — Sherrilyn Kenyon Copy Share Image
I have that hypocrisy of a parent in that I'm like,'Come on, you've got to toughen up at the same time let… — Craig Ferguson Copy Share Image
I read the Bible, I speak through issues, I see what I think is hypocrisy in the church and things that are… — Tony Campolo Copy Share Image
“Not one of the learned gentlemen who pretend that the Mosaic laws are filled with justice and intelligence, would live, for a… — Robert G. Ingersoll Copy Share Image
Now that Europe has developed through deforestation and fossil fuel use it is telling Brazil not to develop through deforestation and fossil… — Michael Shellenberger Copy Share Image
I think Socrates was fascinated by Alcibiades. It's almost the opposite of hypocrisy. I think it's like when you can see the… — Bettany Hughes Copy Share Image
When we walk away from global warming, Kyoto, when we are irresponsibly slow in moving toward AIDS in Africa, when we don't… — John F. Kerry Copy Share Image
[Eve] sees through Satan's disquise of clever hypocrisy, identifies him, and exposes him for what he is...[ever since Satan has] had it… — Hugh Nibley Copy Share Image
The most melancholy thing about human nature, is, that a man may guide others into the path of salvation, without walking in… — Prince Augustus William of Prussia Copy Share Image
When we start fighting crime by any means necessary we become guilty of the same hypocrisy as law enforcement agencies throughout history… — Barrett Brown Copy Share Image
“There is nothing I detest so much as the contortions of these great time-and-lip servers, these affable dispensers of meaningless embraces, these… — Molière Copy Share Image
“I wish to declare with all earnestness that I do not want any religious ceremonies performed for me after my death. I… — Jawaharlal Nehru Copy Share Image
It is easier to pretend to be what you are not than to hide what you really are; but he that can… — Charles Caleb Colton Copy Share Image
Do not all theists insist that there can be no morality, no justice, honesty or fidelity without the belief in a Divine… — Emma Goldman Copy Share Image
“Atheism is a lack of belief...what about the powers of darkness, and that of light, will you trace both to nothing? Then… — Michael Bassey Johnson Copy Share Image
“CHARTERIS [unfolding his arms in terror] No, please. Dont. As a philosopher, it’s my business to tell other people the truth; but… — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
“I simply do not subscribe to the hypocrisy of sitting in a church surrounded by an overprivileged Society that sings alleluias on… — Sophie Jordan Copy Share Image
Pay attention to minute particulars. Take care of the little ones. Generalization and abstraction are the plea of the hypocrite, scoundrel, and… — William Blake Copy Share Image
“I don't understand why people care so much about showing that they are good; because I am rather comfortable with having badness,… — C. JoyBell C Copy Share Image
There are moments when one has to choose between living one's own life, fully, entirely, completely-or dragging out some false, shallow, degrading… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
“Avoid those who seek friends in order to maintain a certain social status or to open doors they would not otherwise be… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
When you're young and you first see the extent and depth of the world's hypocrisy, it's fun to go after it. But… — Harold Ramis Copy Share Image
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