Cant Quote by William Hazlitt

Cant is the twin sister of hypocrisy.

— Henry Ward Beecher

Cant is always rather nauseating; but before we condemn political hypocrisy, let us remember that it is the tribute paid by men of leather…

— Aldous Huxley

“Hypocrisy has its place in the ages of strong belief: in which even when one is compelled to exhibit a different belief one does…

— Frederich Nietzsche

Hypocrisy is the most difficult and nerve-racking vice that any man can pursue; it needs an unceasing vigilance and a rare detachment of spirit.…

— W. Somerset Maugham

“Hypocrisy is when you get mad at a friend for telling their other friend a secret that your other friend told you.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

Hypocrisy is nothing, in fact, but a horrible hopefulness.

— Victor Hugo

People who repress desires often turn, suddenly, into hypocrites.

— Rumi

Hypocrites are those who apply to others the standards that they refuse to accept for themselves.

— Noam Chomsky

“It is easy for one to be a hypocrite unashamedly because so often knowledge leads to justification: we know ourselves and our own reasons…

— Criss Jami

This is an example of hypocrisy

— Miuccia Prada

“Hypocrisy is saying we believe something, then living as if we didn’t. Hypocrisy is preaching and not practicing. It says do as I say…

— Stephen Altrogge

Hypocrisy is an homage that vice renders to virtue.

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld