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A hypocrite despises those whom he deceives, but has no respect for himself. He would make a dupe of himself read more
A hypocrite despises those whom he deceives, but has no respect for himself. He would make a dupe of himself too, if he could.
 A man I knew who lived upon a smile,
 And well it fed him; he look'd plump and fair,
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 A man I knew who lived upon a smile,
 And well it fed him; he look'd plump and fair,
  While rankest venom foam'd through every vein. 
 Oh, for a forty-parson power to chant
 Thy praise, Hypocrisy! Oh, for a hymn
  Loud as the read more 
 Oh, for a forty-parson power to chant
 Thy praise, Hypocrisy! Oh, for a hymn
  Loud as the virtues thou dost loudly vaunt,
   Not practise! 
 And prate and preach about what others prove,
 As if the world and they were hand and glove.  
 And prate and preach about what others prove,
 As if the world and they were hand and glove. 
 Not he who scorns the Saviour's yoke
 Should wear his cross upon the heart.  
 Not he who scorns the Saviour's yoke
 Should wear his cross upon the heart. 
Every man alone is sincere. At the entrance of a second person, hypocrisy begins.
Every man alone is sincere. At the entrance of a second person, hypocrisy begins.
Hypocrisy in anything whatever may deceive the cleverest and most penetrating man, but the least wide-awake of children recognizes it, read more
Hypocrisy in anything whatever may deceive the cleverest and most penetrating man, but the least wide-awake of children recognizes it, and is revolted by it, however ingeniously it may be disguised
Hypocrisy can afford to be magnificent in its promises, for never intending to go beyond promise, it costs nothing
Hypocrisy can afford to be magnificent in its promises, for never intending to go beyond promise, it costs nothing
 And the veil
 Spun from the cobweb fashion of the times,
  TO hid the feeling heart?  
 And the veil
 Spun from the cobweb fashion of the times,
  TO hid the feeling heart?