Surely the mischief of hypocrisy can never be enough inveighed against. When religion is in request, it is the chief malady of… — Joseph Hall Copy Share Image
Let it stand, therefore, as an indubitable truth, which no engines can shake, that the mind of man is so entirely alienated… — John Calvin Copy Share Image
Posterity will do justice to that unprincipled maniac Gladstone - extraordinary mixture of envy, vindictiveness, hypocrisy and superstition; and with one commanding… — Benjamin Disraeli Copy Share Image
“Ashe was typical of that strata of mankind which conducts its human relationships according to a principle of challenge and response. Where… — John le Carré Copy Share Image
“When reading the history of the Jewish people, of their flight from slavery to death, of their exchange of tyrants, I must… — Robert G. Ingersoll Copy Share Image
[On Christianity:] Its lip-service and its empty rites have made it the easiest of all tasks for the usurer to cloak his… — Ouida Copy Share Image
Affectation proceeds from one of these two causes,--vanity or hypocrisy; for as vanity puts us on affecting false characters, in order to… — Henry Fielding Copy Share Image
“But I am scared. Everybody's scared." "You know what I mean, like scared scared. Like coward scared, like if you never went… — Ben Fountain Copy Share Image
“Your god, sir, is the World. In my eyes, you, too, if not an infidel, are an idolater. I conceive that you… — Charlotte Brontë Copy Share Image
“I couldn't tell anyone how I felt because I knew they wouldn't understand. Oh, poor little Christina, falling for the bad man… — Nenia Campbell Copy Share Image
All live by seeming. The beggar begs with it, and the gay courtier Gains land and title, rank and rule, by seeming;… — Walter Scott Copy Share Image
Nothing is more unjust, however common, than to charge with hypocrisy him that expresses zeal for those virtues which he neglects to… — Lyndon B. Johnson Copy Share Image
“God help me, how Tolstoy sweats over drying up people's sources of life, of wild and joyful life, drying them up and… — Knut Hamsun Copy Share Image
We are very much like them: indiscriminate killers, ruled by drives little acknowledged and less understood, mindlessly territorial and murderously jealous -… — Rick Yancey Copy Share Image
Understand then all of you, especially the young, that to want to impose an imaginary state of government on others by violence… — Leo Tolstoy Copy Share Image
“God bids you not to commit lechery, that is, not to have sex with any woman except your wife. You ask of… — Augustine of Hippo Copy Share Image
When you have children your own hypocrisy becomes more apparent because you're telling them how to behave, and you're not behaving like… — Danny Boyle Copy Share Image
“As she grew older, Maddy discovered that she had disappointed almost everyone. An awkward girl with a sullen mouth, a curtain of… — Joanne Harris Copy Share Image
The young people I know judge leaders by their deeds and abhor hypocrisy. Inconsistency and point-scoring do not win respect. It's not… — Alexandra Adornetto Copy Share Image
Well aware that the opinions and belief of men depend not on their own will, but follow involuntarily the evidence proposed to… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
“My Lady, you certainly tell me about wonderful constancy, strength and virtue and firmness of women, so can one say the same… — Christine de Pizan Copy Share Image
“Religion has clearly performed great services for human civilization. It has contributed much towards the taming of the asocial instincts. But not… — Sigmund Freud Copy Share Image
Man is nothing but insincerity, falsehood, and hypocrisy, both in regard to himself and in regard to others. He does not wish… — Blaise Pascal Copy Share Image
On Saturday night, I would see men lusting after half-naked girls dancing at the carnival, and on Sunday morning when I was… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Going to church doesn't make you a Christian... Memorizing the Bible doesn't make you a Christian... Singing in the choir doesn't make… — Charles Friend Copy Share Image
For it is not light that is needed, but fire; it is not the gentle shower, but thunder. We need the storm,… — Frederick Douglass Copy Share Image
“Human hypocrisy: When one judges humanity as a whole, people have the habit of disagreeing, saying that everyone is different - unique.… — Lionel Suggs Copy Share Image
The Ministry of Peace concerns itself with war, the Ministry of Truth with lies, the Ministry of Love with torture and the… — George Orwell Copy Share Image
Those who are not with Mr. Bush are against him. Worse, they are with the enemy. Which is odd, because I'm dead… — John le Carre Copy Share Image
The history of medicine proves that in so far as man seeks to know himself and face his whole nature, he has… — Alfred Kinsey Copy Share Image
“None was more indifferent to convention than herself, and the marriage tie especially excited her ridicule, but she despised entirely those who… — W. Somerset Maugham Copy Share Image
Before you tell someone how to get from point A to point B. Before you advise someone to get their house clean.… — Eugene Nathaniel Butler Copy Share Image
When I was a fairly precocious young man I became thoroughly impressed with the futility of the hopes and strivings that chase… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
“We have also set up for them an edifying project for a continuous mitigation of their own tyranny, ascribing to them an… — Alfred de Vigny Copy Share Image
it is impossible for any mind of common honesty not to be revolted by the contradictions in their principles and practice. They… — Frances Trollope Copy Share Image
“It is easy for a double faced men to live in a society of double faces. Transparent individuals will definitely find it… — Fahad Basheer Copy Share Image
“I consider the most terrifying verse in all Scripture to be Matthew 12:36: “But I say to you that for every idle… — Dick Brogden Copy Share Image
“[J]ust the sight of this book, even though it was of no authority, made me wonder how it happened that so many… — Christine de Pizan Copy Share Image
“It is under all circumstances an advantage to be in full possession of one's personality, otherwise the repressed elements will only crop… — C.G. Jung Copy Share Image
“One of the universally despised sins is hypocrisy, falsely pretending to hold beliefs, feelings, standards qualities, opinions, virtues, motivations, or other characteristics… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
![“[On Christianity:] Its lip-service and its empty rites have made it the easiest of all tasks for the usurer to cloak his cruelties, the miser to hide his avarice, the lawyer to condone his lies, the sinner of all social sins to purchase the social immunity from them by outward deference to churches.” quote by Ouida](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3f4/ouida-3651_avarice_on-christianity-its-lip-service-and-its_1641749.png)
![“My Lady, you certainly tell me about wonderful constancy, strength and virtue and firmness of women, so can one say the same thing about men? (...) Response [by Lady Rectitude]: "Fair sweet friend, have you not yet heard the saying that the fool sees well enough a small cut in the face of his…” quote by Christine de Pizan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/be5/christine-de-pizan-13257_cliches_my-lady-you-certainly-tell-me-about-wond_2807471.png)
![“it is impossible for any mind of common honesty not to be revolted by the contradictions in their principles and practice. They inveigh against the governments of Europe, because, as they say, they favor the powerful and oppress the weak. ... [yet] you will see them with one hand hoisting the cap…” quote by Frances Trollope](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6e5/frances-trollope-22974_bounds_it-is-impossible-for-any-mind-of-common_679123.jpg)
![“[J]ust the sight of this book, even though it was of no authority, made me wonder how it happened that so many different men – and learned men among them – have been and are so inclined to express both in speaking and in their treatises and writings so many wicked insults about women and their…” quote by Christine de Pizan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/462/christine-de-pizan-13257_behaviour_j-ust-the-sight-of-this-book-even-though_2137746.png)
