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It is easy for men to talk one thing and think another.
It is easy for men to talk one thing and think another.
He was a man
Who stole the livery of the court of Heaven
To serve the devil read more
He was a man
Who stole the livery of the court of Heaven
To serve the devil in.
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.
Those who try to lead the people can only do so by following the mob
Those who try to lead the people can only do so by following the mob
Some hypocrites and seeming mortified men, that held down their
heads, were like the little images that they place read more
Some hypocrites and seeming mortified men, that held down their
heads, were like the little images that they place in the very
bowing of the vaults of churches, that look as if they held up
the church, but are but puppets.
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.
I hope you have not been leading a double life, pretending to be
wicked and being really good all read more
I hope you have not been leading a double life, pretending to be
wicked and being really good all the time. That would be
hypocrisy.
Be hypocritical, be cautious, be
Not what you seem but always what you see.
Be hypocritical, be cautious, be
Not what you seem but always what you see.
Mathematics allows for no hypocrisy and no vagueness.
Mathematics allows for no hypocrisy and no vagueness.