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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

“Thy plain and open nature sees mankind But in appearance, not what they are.”

Mankind Appearance

Author:James Anthony Froude

“One man is more concerned with the impression he makes on the rest of mankind, another with the impression the rest of mankind makes on him.”

Men Mankind Concerned Appearance Impression One Man

Author:Arthur Schopenhauer

“He who desires or attempts to reform the government of a state and wishes to have it accepted, must at least retain the semblance of the old forms; so that it may seem to the people that there has been no change in the institutions, even though in fact they are entirely different from the old ones. For the great majority of mankind are satisfied with appearances, as though they were realities.”

People May Has Beens Different States Facts Reality Seems Government Form Desire Wish Mankind Institutions Majority Appearance Accepted Satisfied Reform Semblance

Author:Niccolo Machiavelli

“Wonder... and not any expectation of advantage from its discoveries, is the first principle which prompts mankind to the study of Philosophy, of that science which pretends to lay open the concealed connections that unite the various appearances of nature.”

Firsts Philosophy Wonder Principles Knowledge Study Mankind Expectations Discovery Advantage Connections Lays Various Appearance Concealed Prompts

Author:Adam Smith

“Though the island of Great Britain exhibits but a small spot upon the map of the globe, it makes a splendid appearance in the history of mankind, and for a long space has been signally under the protection of God and a seat of peace, liberty and truth.”

Long Has Beens Space Liberty Mankind Appearance Protection Spots Islands Seats Britain Maps Globes Splendid Exhibits Great Britain

Book:The Works of the Rev. J. Newton ...: With the Memoirs of the Author and General Remarks on His Life, Connections, and Character

Source: The Works of the Rev. J. Newton ...: With the Memoirs of the Author and General Remarks on His Life, Connections, and Character

“We are making our appearance on the stage of mortality in the greatest dispensation of the gospel ever given to mankind, and we need to make the most of it.”

Needs Given Mankind Stage Appearance Mortality

Author:Jeffrey R. Holland