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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.
Saint abroad, and a devil at home.
Saint abroad, and a devil at home.
We have, in fact, two kinds of morality side by side: one which we preach but do not practice, and read more
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.
Mathematics allows for no hypocrisy and no vagueness.
Mathematics allows for no hypocrisy and no vagueness.
 Away, and mock the time with fairest show;
 False face must hide what the false heart doth khow.  
 Away, and mock the time with fairest show;
 False face must hide what the false heart doth khow. 
 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. 
 O serpent heart, hid with a flow'ring face!
 Did ever dragon keep so fair a cave?  
 O serpent heart, hid with a flow'ring face!
 Did ever dragon keep so fair a cave? 
 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. 
An ounce of hypocrisy is worth a pound of ambition. •Michael Korda We ought to see far enough read more
An ounce of hypocrisy is worth a pound of ambition. •Michael Korda We ought to see far enough into a hypocrite to see even his sincerity. •G. K. Chesterton Often a noble face hides filthy ways. •Euripides The only vice which cannot be forgiven is hypocrisy. The repentance of a hypocrite is itself hypocrisy.