Hypocrisy Quotes

534 Hypocrisy quotes by 382 unique authors

As an outsider in America, you do see the kind of hypocrisy that's rampant there. — Ben Mendelsohn
Never underestimate the hypocrisy of politicians. — James Herbert
Posterity will do justice to that unprincipled maniac Gladstone - extraordinary mixture of envy, vindictiveness, hypocrisy and superstition; and with one commanding characteristic - whether… — Benjamin Disraeli
Many among men are they who set high the show of honor, yet break justice. — Aeschylus
If a man is devout, we accuse him of hypocrisy; if he is not, of impiety; if he is humble, we look on his humility… — Louis Bourdaloue
I bring you this stately matron named Christendom, returning bedraggled, besmirched, and dishonored from pirate raids in Kiao-Chow, Manchuria, South Africa, and the Phillipines, with… — Mark Twain
Boston has carried the practice of hypocrisy to the n-th degree of refinement, grace, and failure. — Lincoln Steffens
We will not adopt the fantastic hypocrisy of modern conservatism which preaches the values of families and communities, while conducting a direct assault on them… — Paul Keating
Criticism is hypocrisy; society is hypocrisy. I'm a tourist. I'm a consumer. I do the things that I photograph and can be criticized of. — Martin Parr
Hypocrisy, false labels, can create slogans but no poems; propaganda but not life: there are no roots, there are no realities to nurture creative work. — Pablo Antonio Cuadra
Either you look back and deal with your hypocrisy, or you dismiss it. — Jose Padilha
People can't stand it when you deal with issues of race and class, and also sometimes the church, and you give a perspective that flushes… — Jose Padilha
Our laws make law impossible; our liberties destroy all freedom; our property is organized robbery; our morality an impudent hypocrisy; our wisdom is administered by… — George Bernard Shaw
If Satan ever laughs, it must be at hypocrites; they are the greatest dupes he has. — Charles Caleb Colton
Your national greatness, swelling vanity; your denunciation of tyrants, brass-fronted impudence; your shouts of liberty and equality, hollow mockery; your prayers and hymns, your sermons… — Frederick Douglass
Virtually all political discourse in the days of my youth was devoted to the ferreting out of hypocrisy... Because they were hypocrites, the Victorians were… — Neal Stephenson
Not he who scorns the Saviour's yoke Should wear his cross upon the heart. — Friedrich Schiller
Hypocrisy and distortion are passing currents under the name of religion — Mahatma Gandhi
It is easy for men to talk one thing and think another. — Publilius Syrus
When a man puts on a Character he is a stranger to, there's as much difference between what he appears, and what he is really… — Jean de la Bruyere

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