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Hypocrisy |
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 | There is nothing worse than words of kindness that lie. — Juvenal, 1st-2nd cent. AD, Roman satiric poet 17 likes |
 | Hypocrites are those who apply to others the standards that they refuse to accept for themselves. — Noam Chomsky, 1928-, American linguist, philosopher, social activist 17 likes |
 | If you're gonna be two-faced at least make one of them pretty. — Marilyn Monroe, 1926-1962, American actress 17 likes |
 | In order to become the master, the politician poses as the servant. — Charles de Gaulle, 1890-1970, French President 15 likes |
 | Men will wrangle for religion, write for it, fight for it, die for it; anything but live for it. — Charles Caleb Colton, 1780-1832, English cleric & writer 15 likes |
 | We forfeit three-fourths of ourselves in order to be like other people. — Arthur Schopenhauer, 1788-1860, German philosopher 13 likes |
 | Politeness, n. The most acceptable hypocrisy. — Ambrose Bierce, 1842–1914, American writer 11 likes |
 | Hypocrisy is an homage that vice pays to virtue. — La Rochefoucauld, 1613-1680, French writer 11 likes |
 | God hath given you one face, and you make yourself another. — William Shakespeare, 1564-1616, English poet & playwright ‐ Hamlet 11 likes |
 | If any foreign minister begins to defend to the death a peace conference, you can be sure his government has already placed its orders for new battleships and airplanes. — Joseph Stalin, 1879-1953, Soviet leader 10 likes |
 | Don't let your will roar when your power only whispers. — Dr. Thomas Fuller, 1654-1734, English physician and adage collector 10 likes |
 | There are people who laugh to show their fine teeth; and there are those who cry to show their good hearts. — Joseph Roux, 1834-1905, French clergyman & poet 9 likes |
 | Ordinary hypocrites pretend to be doves; political and literary hypocrites pretend to be eagles. But don't be disconcerted by their aquiline appearance. They are not eagles, but rats or dogs. — Anton Chekhov, 1860-1904, Russian writer 9 likes |
 | In a separation it is the one who is not really in love who says the more tender things. — Marcel Proust, 1871-1922, French writer 9 likes |
 | It is farmers who are nice to the cows and the pigs and then kill them. It's even more hypocritical than hunters. At least the hunters don't pet the animals. — Karl Lagerfeld, 1933-2019, German fashion designer 9 likes |
| Nothing prevents us being natural so much as the desire to appear so. — La Rochefoucauld, 1613-1680, French writer 7 likes |
| We confess to little faults only to persuade ourselves we have no great ones. — La Rochefoucauld, 1613-1680, French writer 7 likes |
| The lady doth protest too much, methinks. — William Shakespeare, 1564-1616, English poet & playwright ‐ Hamlet 6 likes |
 | There was more good acting at Hollywood parties than ever appeared on the screen. — Bette Davis, 1908-1989, American actress 5 likes |
 | Stoicism for show: to be an enthusiast of nil admirari, an hysteric of ataraxia. — Emile M. Cioran, 1911-1995, French-Romanian philosopher 5 likes |
 | We have in fact, two kinds of morality, side by side: one which we preach, but do not practice, and another which we practice, but seldom preach. — Bertrand Russell, 1872-1970, British philosopher 2 likes |
 | It’s amazing how much panic one honest man can spread among a multitude of hypocrites. — Thomas Sowell, 1930 -, American political thinker 1 likes |
 | The fellow that calls you “brother” usually wants something that doesn't belong to him. — Kin Hubbard, 1868-1930, American cartoonist 1 likes |
 | Lie during the day and dream at night, there is the man. — Gustave Flaubert, 1821-1880, French writer 1 likes |
 | Manners are the hypocrisy of nations. — Honoré de Balzac, 1799-1850, French writer 1 likes |
 | Modesty is the delicate form of hypocrisy. — Remy de Gourmont, 1858-1915, French poet 1 likes |
 | It is not possible to read a person at first sight. The virtues are usually covered by the veil of modesty, while the flaws wear the mask of hypocrisy. — Jean de La Bruyère, 1645-1696, French writer 1 likes |
 | Actors are the only honest hypocrites. — William Hazlitt , 1778-1830, English essayist & critic 1 likes |
| The only vice which cannot be forgiven is hypocrisy. The repentance of a hypocrite is itself hypocrisy. — William Hazlitt , 1778-1830, English essayist & critic 1 likes |
 | The first virtue of all really great men is that they are sincere. They eradicate hypocrisy from their hearts. — Anatole France, 1844-1924, French writer, Nobel 1921 1 likes |
 | A bad man is worse when he pretends to be a saint. — Francis Bacon, 1561-1626, English philosopher 1 likes |
 | I was not a hypocrite, with one real face and several false ones. I had several faces because I was young and didn't know who I was or wanted to be. — Milan Kundera, 1929-2023, Czech writer 1 likes |
 | Many pass for saints on earth whose souls are in hell. — Martin Luther, 1483-1546, German theologian, protagonist of Reformation 1 likes |
 | When you aren’t sincere you need to pretend, and by pretending you end up believing yourself. That’s the basic principle of every faith. — Alberto Moravia, 1907-1990, Italian writer 1 likes |
 | The contemporary anthropologist, under progressives’ severe gaze, skips quickly over ethnic differences like over hot coals. — Nicolas Gomez Davila, 1913-1994, Colombian writer 1 likes |
Funny Quotes
 | If I were two-faced, would I be wearing this one? — Abraham Lincoln, 1809-1865, American President 10 likes |
| If you haven't seen your wife smile at a traffic cop, you haven't seen her smile her prettiest. — Kin Hubbard, 1868-1930, American cartoonist 1 likes |
Ancient Greek
 | Many, while performing the foulest deeds, use the fairest words. Πολλοί δρώντες τα αίσχιστα, λόγους τους αρίστους ασκέουσι. — Democritus, 470-370 BC, Ancient Greek philosopher 26 likes |
 | A prostitute and a politician pour similar tears. Όμοια πόρνη δάκρυα και ρήτωρ έχει. — Menander, 4th cent. BC, Ancient Greek dramatist (New Comedy) 16 likes |
 | Welcome words on their lips, and murder in their hearts. Έσθλ' αγορεύοντες, κακά δε φρεσί βυσσοδόμευον. — Homer, c. 800-750 BC, Ancient Greek Poet ‐ Odyssey XVII 14 likes |
| Cheats and hypocrites are those who do everything with words and do nothing with actions. Κίβδηλοι και αγαθοφανέες οι λόγω μεν άπαντα, έργω δε ουδέν έρδοντες. — Democritus, 470-370 BC, Ancient Greek philosopher 14 likes |
 | Although they despise each other, they embrace each other, and although they want to be above the others, they bow to each other. Αλλήλων καταφρονούντες αλλήλοις αρεσκεύονται και αλλήλων υπερέχειν θέλοντες, αλλήλοις υποκατακλίνονται. — Marcus Aurelius, 121-180 AD, Roman Emperor ‐ Meditations XI, 14 6 likes |
