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.
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So smooth he daubed his vice with show of virtue
That, his apparent open guilt omitted--
I read more
So smooth he daubed his vice with show of virtue
That, his apparent open guilt omitted--
I mean, his conversation with Shore's wife--
He lived from all attainder of suspects.
The books that the world calls immoral are books that show the world its own shame.
The books that the world calls immoral are books that show the world its own shame.
Let me be cruel, not unnatural;
I will speak daggers to her, but use none.
My tongue read more
Let me be cruel, not unnatural;
I will speak daggers to her, but use none.
My tongue and soul in this be hypocrites:
How in my words somever she be shent,
To give them seals never, my soul, consent!
A hypocrite is in himself both the archer and the mark, in all
actions shooting at his own praise read more
A hypocrite is in himself both the archer and the mark, in all
actions shooting at his own praise or profit.
O, what may man within him hide,
Though angel on the outward side!
O, what may man within him hide,
Though angel on the outward side!
The true hypocrite is the one who ceases to perceive his deception, the one who lies with sincerity
The true hypocrite is the one who ceases to perceive his deception, the one who lies with sincerity
We are oft to blame in this,
'Tis too much proved, that with devotion's visage
And pious read more
We are oft to blame in this,
'Tis too much proved, that with devotion's visage
And pious action we do sugar o'er
The devil himself.
When a man puts on a Character he is a stranger to, there's as
much difference between what he read more
When a man puts on a Character he is a stranger to, there's as
much difference between what he appears, and what he is really in
himself, as there is between a VIzor and a Face.
Saint abroad, and a devil at home.
Saint abroad, and a devil at home.
