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“Hypocrisy itself does great honor, or rather justice, to religion, and tacitly acknowledges it to be an ornament to human nature. The hypocrite would not be at so much pains to put on the appearance of virtue, if he did not know it was the most proper and effectual means to gain the love and esteem of mankind.”

Ifs Knows Humans Mean Doe Pain Justice Virtue Mankind Human Nature Honor Gains Appearance Esteem Acknowledge Hypocrisy Hypocrite Ornaments

Book:The spectator

Source: The spectator

“Man is nothing but insincerity, falsehood, and hypocrisy, both in regard to himself and in regard to others. He does not wish that he should be told the truth, he shuns saying it to others; and all these moods, so inconsistent with justice and reason, have their roots in his heart.”

Men Should Heart Doe Reason Wish Justice Roots Regard Mood Hypocrisy Deceit Falsehood Inconsistent Insincerity

Author:Blaise Pascal

“Hypocrisy is the homage that vice and wrong pay to virtue and justice .”

Justice Pay Virtue Vices Hypocrisy Homage

Book:Morals and Dogma : Scottish Rite in Freemasonry

Source: Morals and Dogma : Scottish Rite in Freemasonry

“If we move away from the American tradition of lawyers defending those with whom they vehemently disagree -- as we temporarily did during the McCarthy period -- we weaken our commitment to the rule of law... So beware of an approach which limits advocacy to that which is approved by the standards of political correctness.”

Source: Letters to a Young Lawer (Easyread Large Edition)

“At the same time, we can't blame comedians for taking time to learn. Any critic of comedy who believes that he has always, universally, been on the right side of justice is engaging in a hypocrisy that is itself a joke.”

Believe Sides Justice Comedy Jokes Blame Critics Comedian Hypocrisy Take Time Engaging

Author:Guy Branum

“We live under a prince who is an enemy to fraud, a prince whose eyes penetrate into the heart, and whom all the art of impostors can't deceive.”

Heart Art Eye Justice Enemy Hypocrisy Fraud Deceiving Penetrate Monarchy

Author:Moliere

“Do not all theists insist that there can be no morality, no justice, honesty or fidelity without the belief in a Divine Power? Based upon fear and hope, such morality has always been a vile product, imbued partiy with self-righteousness, partly with hypocrisy.”

Self Belief Justice Honesty Divine Products Morality Hypocrisy Righteousness Fidelity Self Righteousness Divine Power Theist

Author:Emma Goldman

“On trade, our hypocrisy is at its most appalling. Trade reform isn't about charity, it's about justice, and this campaign, Trade Justice is an unstoppable idea.”

Ideas Justice Poverty Trade Charity Campaigns Reform Hypocrisy Unstoppable Ending Poverty

Author:Edward de Bono

“All the hideously calculated hypocrisy of men when they commit a murder in the name of justice. Then it's the time of death on a grander scale, the hour of the great offenses ... fix your bayonets boys ...gentlemen, synchronize your watches ... in ten seconds time the barrage starts ... a thousand men are destined to die in order to capture a farmhouse no one has lived in for years...”

Men Years Order Dies Names Hours Justice Boys Watches Thousand Ten Murder Scales Commit Gentleman Hypocrisy Seconds Capture Offense Destined Bayonets

Author:Peter Ustinov