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Hypocrisy Quotes by Ralph Waldo Emerson
- A man must ride alternately on the horses of his private and his public nature.
- There is a certain satisfaction in coming down to the lowest ground of politics, for we get rid of cant and hypocrisy.
- People are very inclined to set moral standards for others.
- Tis curious that we only believe as deeply as we live.
- Trust men and they will be true to you; treat them greatly and they will show themselves great.
- Great hearts steadily send forth the secret forces that incessantly draw great events.
- Every man alone is sincere. At the entrance of a second person, hypocrisy begins
More Hypocrisy Quotes
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- When a man goes through six years training to be a doctor he will never be the same. He knows too much. — Enid Bagnold
- The essence of immorality is the tendency to make an exception of myself. — Jane Addams
- Politeness, n: The most acceptable hypocrisy. — Ambrose Bierce
- He who knows how to flatter also knows how to slander. — Napoleon Bonaparte
- Hypocrisy can afford to be magnificent in its promises, for never intending to go beyond promise, it costs nothing. — Edmund Burke
- In England the only homage which they pay to Virtue - is hypocrisy. — Lord Byron
- There are three hundred and sixty-four days when you might get un-birthday presents, and only one for birthday presents, you know. — Lewis Carroll
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- I find capitalism repugnant. It is filthy, it is gross, it is alienating... because it causes war, hypocrisy and competition. — Fidel Castro
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