Friday, September 30, 2011

Some quotes on hypocrisy

A hypocrite is a person who - but who isn't?

Asleep, nobody is a hypocrite.

One should examine oneself for a very long time before thinking of condemning others.

Politeness, n. The most acceptable hypocrisy.

Hypocrite: the man who murdered both his parents... pleaded for mercy on the grounds that he was an orphan.

They are not all saints who use holy water.

The true hypocrite is the one who ceases to perceive his deception, the one who lies with sincerity.

God has given you one face, and you make yourself another.

When you say that you agree with a thing in principle you mean that you have not the slightest intention of carrying it out in practice.

Live truth instead of professing it.

We are irritated by rascals, intolerant of fools, and prepared to love the rest. But where are they?

The greatest way to live with honor in this world is to be what we pretend to be.

“Democracy is hypocrisy without limitation.”