(6 quotes found)
“Tea! Thou soft, thou sober, sage, and venerable liquid, thou innocent pretence for bringing the wicked of both sexes together in a morning; thou female tongue-running, smile-smoothing, heart-opening, wink-tipping cordial, to whose glorious insipidity I owe the happiest moment of my life, let me fall prostrate thus, and adore thee.”
Colley Cibber
“ALDERMAN, n. An ingenious criminal who covers his secret thieving with a pretence of open marauding.”
Ambrose Bierce
“I hope you have not been leading a double life, pretending to be wicked and being good all the time. That would be hypocrisy.”
Oscar Wilde
“If you pretend to be good, the world takes you very seriously. If you pretend to be bad, it doesn't. Such is the astounding stupidity of optimism.”
“What is 'normal' other than our perceived notion of it? And what is acting 'normal' other than our pretense to do so as to be considered 'normal'? Now, normally I wouldn't be 'normal' … I mean, who would?”
Amy Birdsong
“Malice can always find a mark to shoot at, and a pretence to fire”
Charles Simmons
