Quotes About Hypocrisy

?ovjek može biti stalno nasmiješen i biti nitkov.

One knew in theory very well that others spoke of one contemptuously?—as one spoke of them. In practice?—it was hard to believe.

And, in conclusion, I say that men are hypocrites; they envy one another, they lie, they are inhospitable, cruel.... And yet they rule over us, and will continue to do so ... because it's arranged like that.

Who talks most about freedom and equality? Is it not those who hold the bill of rights in one hand and a whip for affrighted slaves in the other?

There were plenty of people who did not really believe in God, but who wanted to believe in him, and said that they did. Some people said that these people were foolish, that they were hypocritical, but Mma Ramotswe was not so sure about that. If something, or somebody, could help you to get through life, to lead a life that was good and purposeful, did it matter all that much if that thing or that person did not exist? She thought it did not—not in the slightest bit. BY

There were times when one thought the opposite of what one really felt. That was very common, and this was an example of exactly that.

Light-minded society mercilessly persecutes in reality what it allows in theory

A rogue does not laugh in the same way that an honest man does; a hypocrite does not shed the tears of a man of good faith. All falsehood is a mask; and however well made the mask may be, with a little attention we may always succeed in distinguishing it from the true face.

Oh, mankind, race of crocodiles! How well I recognize you down there, and how worthy you are of yourselves!

Escalation in morality can lead to holier-than-thou sanctimoniousness.

W]hen I see men callously and cheerfully denying women the full use of their bodies, while insisting with sobs and howls on the satisfaction of their own, I simply can't find it heroic, or kind, or anything but pretty rotten and feeble.

There can he greater, more authentic piety in a man's curses than in the sanctimonious prayers of the religious. As

People began to talk of "equality," but they did not seem to care about equal rights. They talked of "anti-racism," but they sounded deeply racist. They spoke of "justice," but they seemed to mean "revenge." It

People began to talk of "equality," but they did not seem to care about equal rights. They talked of "anti-racism," but they sounded deeply racist. They spoke of "justice," but they seemed to mean "revenge.

It is a point of minor interest that as third-world migration to Europe has swelled, the Green movements have ceased to argue for population caps or to campaign for restrictions on reproduction. While happy to tell white Europeans to stop breeding, they became somewhat more reticent about making the same request of darker-skinned migrants.

After Prohibition got under way, alcohol consumption spiked—and continued to rise even as the quality of the spirits plummeted. For a whole generation, across class lines, defying the dry law became an act of self-definition—a necessary rebellion against a sordid, hypocritical ruling class.

She wasn't really going to church anywhere, but she remained a contemporary evangelical to the back teeth. She had lost her faith while still managing to hang on to all the platitudes.

on the people and you forget (to practise it) yourselves, while you recite the Scripture [the Tauraat (Torah)]! Have you then no sense?

If the eight worldly concerns are harbored within yet you outwardly appear as a spiritual practitioner, any material benefit you might gain as a result of such deceit amounts to wrong livelihood.

People who get through life dependent on other people's possessions are always the first to lecture you on how little possessions count.

The life of a coquette is one constant lie; and the only rule by which you can form any correct judgment of them is that they are never what they seem.

When my children hear godliness out of my mouth and they see wickedness in my life, then I point them to heaven and I lead them to hell.

Nothing spells shame like living what feels like a double life.

One of the worst things about life is not how nasty the nasty people are. You know that already. It is how nasty the nice people can be.