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Quotes About Hypocrisy

Through tatter'd clothes small vices do appear; Robes and furr'd gowns hide all. Plate sin with gold, And the strong lance of justice hurtless breaks; Arm it in rags, a pygmy's straw does pierce it. None does offend, none- I say none! I'll able 'em.
~ William Shakespeare
Away and mark the time with fairest show, False face must hide what false heart doth know.
~ William Shakespeare
His forward voice now is to speak well of his friend. His backward voice is to utter foul speeches and to detract.
~ William Shakespeare
Then the liars and swearers are fools, for there are liars and swearers enough to beat the honest men and hang up them.
~ William Shakespeare
When devils do the worst sins, they first put on the pretense of goodness and innocence, as I am doing now.
~ William Shakespeare
I have heard of your paintings too, well enough; God has given you one face, and you make yourselves another: you jig, you amble, and you lisp, and nick-name God's creatures, and make your wantonness your ignorance. Go to, I'll no more on't; it hath made me mad.
~ William Shakespeare
I'll be supposed upon a book, his face is the worst thing about him.
~ William Shakespeare
Who makes the fairest show means the most deceit.
~ William Shakespeare
That one may smile, and smile, and be a villain: At least I am sure, it may be so in Denmark:
~ William Shakespeare
Wisdom and goodness to the vile seem vile.
~ William Shakespeare
Thus I clothe my naked villainy with old odd ends, stolen forth of holy writ, and seem a saint when most I play the devil.
~ William Shakespeare
Cucullus non facit monachum; that's as much to say, as I wear not motley in my brain.
~ William Shakespeare
The devil a puritan that he is, or anything, constantly, but a time-pleaser, an affectioned ass that cons state without book and utters it by great swathes; the best persuaded of himself, so crammed, as he thinks, with excellencies, that it is his grounds of faith that all that look on him love him – and on that vice in him will my revenge find notable cause to work.
~ William Shakespeare
Oh, what a world is this when what is comely Envenoms him that bears it!
~ William Shakespeare
If you were men, as men you are in show, You would not use a gentle lady so; To vow, and swear, and superpraise my parts, When I am sure you hate me with your hearts.
~ William Shakespeare
Zounds, sir, you are one of those that will not serve God if the devil bid you...I am one, sir, that comes to tell you your daughter and the Moor are making the beast with two backs.
~ William Shakespeare
Be the innocent flower, but be the serpent under it
~ William Shakespeare
Come on, come on; you are pictures out of doors, Bells in your parlours, wild cats in your kitchens, Saints in your injuries, devils being offended, Players in your housewifery, and housewives in your beds.
~ William Shakespeare
When they will not give a doit to relieve a lame beggar, they will lay out ten to see a dead Indian.
~ William Shakespeare
meet it is I set it down        That one may smile, and smile, and be a villain;        At least I am sure it may be so in Denmark. [
~ William Shakespeare
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~ Witold Gombrowicz
Standing in a garage no more makes you a car than standing in a church makes you a Christian.
~ Woody Allen
If Jesus came back and saw what's going on in his name, he'd never stop throwing up.
~ Woody Allen
If Jesus came back and saw what was going on in his name, he'd never stop throwing-up.
~ Woody Allen