Quotes by Hypocrisy The house of delusions is cheap to build but drafty to live in. A. E. Housman hypocrisyhouseintegrity My old friend looked at me with a new respect. He was discovering in me a capacity for hypocrisy that he had never credited me with before. A. J. Liebling old-friendshypocrisycapacity No human is perfect; we all have our hidden sins. Hypocrisy is to delude yourself into denying your own sins and allow arrogance to grow within you. Abu Ammaar Yasir Qadhi arrogancehypocrisyperfect Nowadays, by contrast, Christianity specialises in soft-focus mood music; its threats of hell, its demand for poverty and chastity, its doctrine that only the few will be saved and the many damned, have been shed, replaced by strummed guitars and saccharine smiles. It has reinvented itself so often, and with such breathtaking hypocrisy, in the interests of retaining its hold on the gullible, that a medieval monk who woke today, like Woody Allen's Sleeper, would not be able to recognise the faith that bears the same name as his own. A.C. Grayling guitarhypocrisynames Fog and hypocrisy - that is to say, shadow, convention, decency - these were the very things that lent to London its poetry and romance. Ada Leverson fogromancehypocrisy Many among men are they who set high the show of honor, yet break justice. Aeschylus hypocrisyjusticemen False friends leave you in times of trouble. Aesop false-friendshypocrisytrouble Most worshippers of God are intent on the advancement of their own destiny, not on His worship. In India, no one has ever claimed to be a prophet. The reason is that claims to divinity are customary. Akbar destinyindiahypocrisy If a man must make himself appear cheerful; he must know why he is miserable. Al Smith cheerfulhypocrisymen Hypocrisy is not a way of getting back to the moral high ground. Pretending you're moral, saying your moral is not the same as acting morally. Alan Dershowitz moral-high-groundactinghypocrisy Candor and accountability in a democracy is very important. Hypocrisy has no place. Alan Dershowitz accountabilitypoliticalhypocrisy I know [my label], in any case: a double face, a charming Janus, and underneath, the house motto: "Be wary". On my business cards:"Jean-Baptiste Clamence, actor". Albert Camus labelshypocrisyhouse I am too much in love with my lies and hypocrisies not to confess them fervently. Albert Camus too-muchhypocrisylying Hypocrisy is the homage that vice and wrong pay to virtue and justice . Albert Pike hypocrisyvicesjustice Almost all of us long for peace and freedom; but very few of us have much enthusiasm for the thoughts, feelings, and actions that make for peace and freedom. Aldous Huxley hypocrisypeacelong Cant is always rather nauseating; but before we condemn political hypocrisy, let us remember that it is the tribute paid by men of leather to men of God, and that the acting of the part of someone better than oneself may actually commit one to a course of behavior perceptibly less evil than what would be normal and natural in an avowed cynic. Aldous Huxley hypocrisyevilmen If it were not for the intellectual snobs who pay - in solid cash - the arts would perish with their starving practitioners. Let us thank heaven for hypocrisy. Aldous Huxley hypocrisyhypocriteart That character in conversation which commonly passes for agreeable is made up of civility and falsehood. Alexander Pope civilityhypocrisycharacter Hypocrisy is the essence of snobbery, but all snobbery is about the problem of belonging. Alexander Theroux hypocrisyproblemessence I hate injustice, I despise inequity, I condemn hypocrisy, I abhor the lack of reason. Alexander Theroux injusticehatehypocrisy1234567891011»
