Hypocrisy

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"We ought to see far enough into a hypocrite to see even his sincerity." - G. K. Chesterton

"Man is the only animal that learns by being hypocritical. He pretends to be polite and then, eventually, he becomes polite." - JEAN KERR, Finishing Touches

"Hypocrisy is the homage that vice pays to virtue." - LA ROCHEFOUCAULD, Maxims

"For neither Man nor Angel can discern
Hypocrisy, the only evil that walks
Invisible, except to God alone."
- JOHN MILTON, Paradise Lost

"We have, in fact, two kinds of morality side by side: one which we preach but do not practice, and another which we practice but seldom preach." - BERTRAND RUSSELL, Sceptical Essays

"One may smile, and smile, and be a villain." - SHAKESPEARE, Hamlet

"A Christian is a man who feels
Repentance on a Sunday
For what he did on Saturday
And is going to do on Monday."
- THOMAS RUSSELL YBARRA, The Christian

"Children, who are closer to their birth and thus to the experience of Oneness, rightly reject hypocrisy." - McClure, Vimalia

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