(152 quotes found)
“The true hypocrite is the one who ceases to perceive his deception, the one who lies with sincerity”
Andre Gide
“The books that the world calls immoral are books that show the world its own shame.”
Oscar Wilde
“God is sacred. Religion is profane.”
Rain Bojangles
“Hypocrisy is a fashionable vice, and all fashionable vices pass for virtue”
Moliere
“Those who try to lead the people can only do so by following the mob”
“Corruption and hypocrisy ought not to be inevitable products of democracy, as they undoubtedly are today”
Mahatma Gandhi
“There are two sorts of hypocrites: one that are deceived with their outward morality and external religion; many of whom are professed Arminians, in the doctrine of justification: and the other, are those that are deceived with false discoveries and elevations; who often cry down works, and men's own righteousness, and talk much of free grace; but at the same time make a righteousness of their discoveries and of their humiliation, and exalt themselves to heaven with them.”
Jonathan Edwards
“Politeness is the most acceptable hypocrisy”
Ambrose Bierce
“Hypocrisy, the lie, is the true sister of evil, intolerance, and cruelty.”
Raisa M. Gorbachev
“Hypocrisy and distortion are passing currents under the name of religion”
