Hypocrisy
The act or practice of a hypocrite; a feigning to be what one is not, or to feel what one does not feel; a dissimulation, or a concealment of one's real character, disposition, or motives; especially, the assuming of false appearance of virtue or religion; a simulation of goodness.
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Hypocrisy Quotations
With people of limited ability modesty is merely honesty. But with those who possess great talent it is hypocrisy.
Arthur Schopenhauer
Politeness, n: The most acceptable hypocrisy.
Ambrose Bierce
Hypocrisy can afford to be magnificent in its promises, for never intending to go beyond promise, it costs nothing.
Edmund Burke
In England the only homage which they pay to Virtue - is hypocrisy.
Lord Byron
Manners are the hypocrisy of a nation.
Honore de Balzac
Hypocrisy is the homage vice pays to virtue.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld
I find capitalism repugnant. It is filthy, it is gross, it is alienating... because it causes war, hypocrisy and competition.
Fidel Castro
A Conservative Government is an organized hypocrisy.
Benjamin Disraeli
The point is that there is tremendous hypocrisy among the Christian right. And I think that Christian voters should start looking at global warming and extreme poverty as a religious issue that speaks to the culture of life.
Al Franken
There is so much hypocrisy in sports.
Dennis Rodman
Hypocrisy Translations
hypocrisy in French is hypocrisie
hypocrisy in German is Heuchelei
hypocrisy in Italian is ipocrisia
hypocrisy in Norwegian is skinnhellighet, hykleri
hypocrisy in Swedish is hyckleri
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