Counterfeit Quotes

90 Counterfeit quotes by 79 unique authors

Real art, like the wife of an affectionate husband, needs no ornaments. But counterfeit art, like a prostitute, must always be decked out. The cause… — Leo Tolstoy
The severe schools shall never laugh me out of the philosophy of Hermes, that this visible world is but a picture of the invisible, wherein… — Thomas Browne
Where glowing embers through the room Teach light to counterfeit a gloom. — John Milton
Toleration is not the opposite of intolerance, but is the counterfeit of it. Both are despotisms. The one assumes to itself the right of withholding… — James Madison
Hypocrites act by virtue.... They frame many counterfeits of her, with which they make an ostentatious parade, in all public assemblies, and processions; but the… — Charles Caleb Colton
Men make counterfeit money; in many more cases, money makes counterfeit men. — Sydney J. Harris
True friends appear less moved than counterfeit. — Homer
Such is the audacity of man, that he hath learned to counterfeit Nature, yea, and is so bold as to challenge her in her work. — Pliny the Elder
Some counterfeits reproduce so very well the truth that it would be a flaw of judgment not to be deceived by them. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
It is not in the power of even the most crafty dissimulation to conceal love long, where it really is, nor to counterfeit it long… — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
The last great delusion is soon to open before us. Antichrist is to perform his marvelous works in our sight So closely will the counterfeit… — Ellen G. White
Sleep, delicious and profound, the very counterfeit of death — Homer
If you find yourself asking yourself (and your friends), "Am I really a writer? Am I really an artist?" chances are you are. The counterfeit… — Steven Pressfield
They wouldn't tell Scipio how much of the counterfeit cash was left since, as Riccio put it, 'You're a detective now, after all. — Cornelia Funke
I scorn your idea of love,' I could not help saying, as I rose up and stood before him, leaning my back against the rock.… — Charlotte Bronte
I do understand what love is, and that is one of the reasons I can never again be a Christian. Love is not self denial.… — Dan Barker
We must remember that there is a great difference between a myth and a miracle. A myth is the idealization of a fact. A miracle… — Robert Green Ingersoll
Someone like Jean-Luc Godard is for me intellectual counterfeit money when compared to a good kung fu film. — Werner Herzog
True love heals and affects spiritual growth. If we do not grow because of someone else’s love, it’s generally because it is a counterfeit form… — John Bradshaw
What is your substance, whereof are you made, That millions of strange shadows on you tend? Since everyone hath every one, one shade, And you,… — William Shakespeare
But, especially in love, only counterfeit emotions exist nowadays. We have all been taught to mistrust everybody emotionally, from parents downwards, or upwards. Don’t trust… — D. H. Lawrence
Real happiness is cheap enough, yet how dearly we pay for its counterfeit. — Hosea Ballou
The Pentecostal power, when you sum it all up, is just more of God's love. If it does not bring more love, it is simply… — William J. Seymour
There is no free will if to exercise it in certain ways produces punishment. That makes a mockery of free will and renders it counterfeit. — Neale Donald Walsch
A man can counterfeit love, he can counterfeit faith, he can counterfeit hope and all the other graces, but it is very difficult to counterfeit… — Dwight L. Moody

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