Quote by Charles Malik

“I think there is a substantial difference between hypocrisy and diplomacy: hypocrisy is not saying things, diplomacy is knowing how to say things.”

— Luigina Sgarro

“Hypocrisy has its own elegant symmetry.”

— Julie Metz

“Human hypocrisy should be respected as virtue is not worth the effort.”

— Leila Samarrai

“Ambassadors, of course, do not blush. It is a requisite of the job that they can sustain any manner of insult without any visible…

— Sarah Dunant

In our interactions with people, a benevolent hypocrisy is frequently required--acting as though we do not see through the motivesof their actions.

— Friedrich Nietzsche

“The world is a merrier place to live if people do things more out of sincerity, not just out of formality.”

— Maggy San Jose-Baas

“I've known for a long time that hypocrisy is the secret of sanity. You mustn't let them know you know.”

— Marilyn French

“One of the hardest things about diplomacy is to put yourself into someone else's shoes without compromising your own principles.”

— Condoleezza Rice

“Hypocrisy /hi pakrise/ noun 1. The moment you tell someone it is not important to be right, in order to look right to everyone else.”

— Shannon L. Alder

“How is the world ruled and how do wars start? Diplomats tell lies to journalists and then believe what they read.”

— Karl Kraus

“Acceptable hypocrisy is often called politeness.”

— Shannon L. Alder

“It is only an insincere people that can be accused of hypocrisy.”

— Paul Scott