“I am sure you were sincere. Not insincere. True insincerity is hard to find.” — Saul Bellow Copy Share Image
The smiles that encourage severity of judgment hide malice and insincerity. — Johann Kaspar Lavater Copy Share Image
The words that I say and things that I do are different than what I mean.~~~ — Francine Chiar 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
I am not protesting against the conduct of the war, but against the political errors and insincerities for which the fighting men… — Siegfried Sassoon Copy Share Image
Marriage always demands the greatest understanding of the art of insincerity possible between two human beings. — Vicki Baum 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
When you say sorry, make sure you mean it. Insincere apologies can be detected while heart-felt apologies melt away all grievances, anger… — Anonymous 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
Instead of safeguarding truth and honesty, the state then tends to become a major source of insincerity and mendacity. — Hans F. Sennholz 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
You've always lived a life of pretense, not a real life-- a simulated existence, not a genuine existence. Everything about you, everything… — Thomas Bernhard Copy Share Image
What matters in Politics is what men actually do - sincerity is no excuse for acting unpolitically, and insincerity may be channelled… — Bernard Crick 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
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
One element of maturity is the realization that we don't get away with anything. Any advantage gained or convenience taken, any private… — Hugh Prather 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
One of my pet theories is that readers have built-in BS detectors that enable them to recognize insincerity in writers. David [Halberstam]… — Jonathan Yardley Copy Share Image
I love to read the dedications of old books written in monarchies for they invariably honor some (usually insignificant) knight or duke… — Stephen Jay Gould Copy Share Image
The psychological impotence of our enraged generation must be traced to the overwhelming accusation of insincerity which every man and woman has… — Thomas Merton Copy Share Image
We must put up with our clothes as they are - they have their reason for existing. They are on us to… — Mark Twain 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
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
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
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
If I try to use human influence strategies and tactics of how to get other people to do what I want, to… — Anonymous 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
There are many justifications of silence; there can be none of insincerity. — George Henry Lewes Copy Share Image
Insincerity is always weakness; sincerity even in error is strength. — George Henry Lewes Copy Share Image
Insincerity is merely a method by which we can multiply our personalities — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
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