False Pretenses Quotes

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Religion either makes men wise and virtuous, or it makes them set up false pretenses to both. — William Hazlitt
The scientist who yields anything to theology, however slight, is yielding to ignorance and false pretenses, and as certainly as if he granted that a… — H. L. Mencken
In careless ignorance they think it civilization, when in reality it is a portion of their slavery...To ravage, to slaughter, to usurp under false pretenses,… — Tacitus
Music is the one thing in which there is no use trying to deceive others or make false pretenses. — Confucius
If there is not Hell, a good many preachers are obtaining money under false pretenses. — Billy Sunday
In America, after 9/11, and after the death of bin Laden, and after two wars, one of them fought, a lot of people think, on… — Gideon Raff
High finance isn't burglary or obtaining money by false pretenses, but rather a judicious selection from the best features of those fine arts. — Finley Peter Dunne
The chief difference between free capitalism and State socialism seems to be this: that under the former a man pursues his own advantage openly, frankly… — H. L. Mencken
Say what you want to say about the rest of his presidency, including his tone-deaf response to Katrina and a war waged in Iraq on… — Ron Fournier
They have plundered the world, stripping naked the land in their hungerâ€¦ they are driven by greed, if their enemy be rich; by ambition, if… — Tacitus
Man was entering under false pretenses the sphere of incredible facilities, acquired too cheaply, below cost price, almost for nothing, and the disproportion between outlay… — Bruno Schulz
I don't want to inhabit the human world under false pretenses. — Janet Frame
The 1143-year-long war hand begun on false pretenses and only because the two races were unable to communicate. Once they could talk, the first question… — Joe Haldeman
If there is no hell, a good many preachers are obtaining money under false pretenses. — Billy Sunday
You caught me under false pretenses. — Muse

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