The inflated style is itself a kind of euphemism. A mass of Latin words falls upon the facts like soft snow, blurring… — George Orwell Copy Share Image
If you keep saying sorry but do the same thing over and over again then saying sorry just becomes another lie! — Sarah Moores Copy Share Image
The nearer emotional life approaches to hysteria, to continual outward show, the less genuine it becomes. Feeling becomes equated with vehemence of… — Anthony Daniels Copy Share Image
If you do something good, a question box will open for its authenticity, but people will believe something bad about you without… — Anil Sinha Copy Share Image
The Great Man's sincerity is of the kind he cannot speak of, is not conscious of: nay, I suppose, he is conscious… — Thomas Carlyle Copy Share Image
God requires to be represented by a fiery Church... two things are intolerable to Him-insincerity and lukewarmness. — Edward McKendree Bounds Copy Share Image
Of all the evil spirits abroad at this hour in the world, insincerity is the most dangerous. — James Anthony Froude Copy Share Image
No one can write a best-seller by taking thought. The slightest touch of insincerity blurs its appeal. The writer who keeps his… — Rebecca West Copy Share Image
Every single instance of a friend's insincerity increases our dependence on the efficacy of money. — William Shenstone Copy Share Image
Not that we were being insincere. Or maybe I should say we were being sincere in our insincerity. — Sol Luckman Copy Share Image
“It's not unfortunate that people aren't genuine; what's unfortunate is that insincere people try to act sincere and in doing so, mislead… — C. JoyBell C Copy Share Image
I am convinced that human life is filled with many pure, happy, serene examples of insincerity, truly splendid of their kind-of people… — Osamu Dazai Copy Share Image
The most exhausting thing in life, I have discovered, is being insincere. That is why so much social life is exhausting; one… — Anne Morrow Lindbergh Copy Share Image
Insincerity in a man's own heart must make all his enjoyments, all that concerns him, unreal; so that his whole life must… — Nathaniel Hawthorne Copy Share Image
The true artist and the sane collector never will tolerate insincerity and impudence. — Walter J. Phillips Copy Share Image
The absolutist lays down the law, but the relativist hears only roaring and bawling. Or, when the relativist voice, as it is… — Simon Blackburn Copy Share Image
“Ironically, some of the most foolish, prejudiced comments made were the ones by wits and grumps trying to impress others with their… — Criss Jami Copy Share Image
The smiles that encourage severity of judgment hide malice and insincerity. — Johann Kaspar Lavater Copy Share Image
In England Giordano Bruno had given lectures on the plurality of worlds, and in that country had written, in Italian, his most… — John William Draper Copy Share Image
Insincerity is always weakness; sincerity even in error is strength. — George Henry Lewes Copy Share Image
“Is insincerity such a terrible thing? I think not. It is merely a method by which we can multiply our personalities. Such,” — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
There's a lot of insincerity about the actions of our legislators; they create distractions - like this anti-gay law you alluded to… — Wole Soyinka Copy Share Image
“Two of the biggest problems with language is that you can say what you do not mean to say, and that you… — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image