Pretended Quotes

183 Pretended quotes by 161 unique authors

[T]he moralists of Europe [have] pretended that beasts have no rights... a doctrine revolting/gross/barbarous... on which a native of the Asiatic uplands could not look… — Arthur Schopenhauer
The pretended physical philosophy of modern days strips Man of all his moral attributes, or holds them of no account in the estimate of his… — Adam Sedgwick
Christianity is an old metaphysical fiction, stuffed with fables, contradictions and absurdities: it was spawned in the fevered imagination of the Orientals, and then spread… — Frederick The Great
The rage for wanting to conclude is one of the most deadly and most fruitless manias to befall humanity. Each religion and each philosophy has… — Gustave Flaubert
People have played on words and pretended to believe that refusing to grant a meaning to life necessarily leads to declaring that it is not… — Albert Camus
Of all the objections which have been framed against the federal Constitution, this is perhaps the most extraordinary. Whilst the objection itself is levelled against… — James Madison
In offering to you, my countrymen, these counsels of an old and affectionate friend, I dare not hope they will make the strong and lasting… — George Washington
I just pretended I was someone else until that someone else became me. — Steven Tyler
A State infinitely worse than that which the most inflamed Zealot, the most violent Republican or Enthusiast even pretended to dread before the Rebellion commenced. — Charles Inglis
It did not seem to me that prejudice, poverty, discrimination, repression and racism were confined to the North of Ireland. I could see them everywhere… — Bernadette Devlin
Probably no one of us has the True Religion. But all of us together - if we are allowed to be free - are discovering… — Daniel J. Boorstin
What does it mean to know and experience my own “nothingness?” It is not enough to turn away in disgust from my illusions and faults… — Thomas Merton
I never pretended to have a great voice. It works and I can carry a tune. If you have a good song, that's about all… — Willie Nelson
To talk of comparing the Bible with other "sacred books" so called, such as the Koran...or the book of Mormon, is positively absurd. You might… — J C Ryle
Ignorance of the law is no excuse in any country. If it were, the laws would lose their effect, because it can always be pretended. — Thomas Jefferson
The pretended admission of a fault on our part creates an excellent impression. — Quintilian
If ever there were a true "just as I am" church, if ever there were a community where everybody could bring all their baggage and… — John Ortberg
IT WAS TESS who told me about the crowd going to the all-night dance. We'd been school friends. We'd picked mushrooms and pretended to have… — Edna O'Brien
The worst form of injustice is pretended justice. — Plato
Human nature was all about shifting blame...and responsibility. How else could you explain concentration camps and genocide and all the awful things people did to… — Rachel Caine
As an advocate for kids for over twenty years, I have watched things change since I was in school. Thankfully, this book made me face… — Doug Fields
I hated the things they believe in, the things they so innocently and charmingly pretended. I hated the sanctimonious piety that let people hurt helpless… — Ellen Glasgow
My parents, who were Communists, always pretended to be American patriots. You can always convince yourself you are: 'I love America, I just want it… — David Horowitz
The teacher pretended that algebra was a perfectly natural affair, to be taken for granted, whereas I didn't even know what numbers were. Mathematics classes… — Carl Jung
Bayle, when writing on "Comets," discovered this; for having collected many things applicable to his work, as they stood quoted in some modern writers, when… — Isaac D'Israeli

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