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
I had trouble listening to adults who didn't really mean anything that they said; it was as if their language poured into… — Reif Larsen Copy Share Image
Language rarely lies. It can reveal the insincerity of a writer's claims simply through a grating adjective or an inflated phrase. We… — Irving Howe Copy Share Image
“Normally, anything done in the name of 'the kids' strikes me as either slightly sentimental or faintly sinister—that redolence of moral blackmail… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
Architecture, like dress, is an exercise in good manners, and good manners involve the habit of skillful insincerity - the habit of… — Roger Scruton Copy Share Image
Chess problems demand from the composer the same virtues that characterize all worthwhile art: originality, invention, conciseness, harmony, complexity, and splendid insincerity — Vladimir Nabokov Copy Share Image
“Self-interest, fear of physical pain, drove him to that grotesque act of self-abasement. Its insincerity was clearly to be seen. He ceases… — Anthony Burgess Copy Share Image
I don't even know in American educational history classes how much of D-Day, World War II, all of that is taught versus… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
A mass of Latin words falls upon the facts like soft snow, blurring the outline and covering up all the details. The… — George Orwell Copy Share Image
The inconsistency of the institution of domestic slavery with the principles of the Declaration of Independence was seen and lamented . .… — John Quincy Adams Copy Share Image
There are people who balk at small civilities on account of their manifest insincerity. ... It is better and more logical to… — Agnes Repplier Copy Share Image
“The aim is to love God because the pure heart loves loving God and because the true mind knows He deserves it.… — Criss Jami Copy Share Image
Avoid that romantic trap: saying more than you feel, forcing yourself to feel more than you've said! — Natalie Clifford Barney Copy Share Image
Guys insult each other and don't really mean it! Girls compliment each other and don't really mean it! — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Only a Californian would have observed that it is becoming increasingly difficult to tell the real fake from the fake fake. — Ada Louise Huxtable Copy Share Image
Marriage always demands the greatest understanding of the art of insincerity possible between two human beings. — Vicki Baum Copy Share Image
Never play with the feelings of others because you may win the game but the risk is that you will surely lose… — AaRon CcHan Copy Share Image
It is not honest inquiry that makes anarchy; but it is error, insincerity, half belief and untruth that make it. — Thomas Carlyle Copy Share Image
“Where the questions of religion are concerned people are guilty of every possible kind of insincerity and intellectual misdemeanor.” — Sigmund Freud Copy Share Image
“Showing concern's without rendering help, might be counted as insincerity. Show a little bit of love” — Daniel I. OWOEYE Copy Share Image
“Miss Bingley's congratulations to her brother, on his approaching marriage, were all that was affectionate and insincere.” — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
Simple things we give is much appreciated than big things that has been given insincere :) — Kreyzii Copy Share Image
You can say you love me a million and one times, and its still going to come in one ear and out… — Crista Stille Copy Share Image
I don't want to pass because I can't stand insincerities and shams. I am just as much Negro as any of the… — Fredi Washington Copy Share Image
Don't say you love someone if you don't. Don't make promises you cant keep. Don't bother if you never really cared. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“To hear how much of a great human being you were — even if you really weren’t — open your ears at… — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
When men think and believe in one set of symbols and act in ways which are contrary to their professed and conscious… — John Dewey Copy Share Image
But in my life, in my personality, there is an essence of falseness and insincerity. A thin, fine vapor of fraud hangs… — Mary MacLane Copy Share Image
“The tide had begun to ebb. Margaret leant over the parapet and watched it sadly. Mr. Wilcox had forgotten his wife, Helen… — E.M. Forster Copy Share Image
This is the age of insincerity. The movies had the misfortune to come along in the twentieth century, and because they appeal… — Lionel Barrymore Copy Share Image
In general, the man who is readily disposed to sacrifice himself is one who does not know how else to give meaning… — Cesare Pavese Copy Share Image
