Amusement Quote by Samuel Johnson

No man is a hypocrite in his pleasures.

— Samuel Johnson

A man is a hypocrite only when he affects to take a delight in what he does not feel, not because he takes a…

— William Hazlitt

The real character of a man is found out by his amusements…

— Joshua Reynolds

Hypocrisy is folly. It is much easier, safer, and pleasanter to be the thing which a man aims to appear, than to keep up…

— Lord David Cecil

“For many men value appearances more than reality—thus they violate what’s right. Everyone’s prepared to sigh over some suffering man, though no sorrow really…

— Aeschylus

It is not the being seen of men that is wrong, but doing these things for the purpose of being seen of men. The…

— Saint Augustine

Look at the means which a man employs, consider his motives, observe his pleasures. A man simply cannot conceal himself!

— Confucius

“But people love a hypocrite, you know——they recognize one of their own, and it always feels so good when someone gets caught with his…

— Stephen King

There is nothing by which men display their character so much as in what they consider ridiculous... Fools and sensible men are equally innocuous.…

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

“Sometimes a hypocrite is nothing more than a man who is in the process of changing…all things exist in three realms, the physical, where…

— Brandon Sanderson

“If you really want to judge of the character of a man, look not at his great performances. Every fool may become a hero…

— Swami Vivekananda

A man should be careful never to tell tales of himself to his own disadvantage. People may be amused at the time, but they…

— Samuel Johnson