If we divine a discrepancy between a man's words and his character, the whole impression of him becomes broken and painful; he revolts the imagination by his lack of unity, and even the good in him is hardly accepted.
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If we divine a discrepancy between a man's words and his character, the whole impression of him becomes broken and painful; he revolts the imagination by his lack of unity, and even the good in him is hardly accepted.
Clean your finger before you point at my spots.
He who would do good to another must do it in minute particulars.
Every man alone is sincere. At the entrance of a second person, hypocrisy begins
The essence of immorality is the tendency to make an exception of myself.
He who would do good to another must do it in Minute Particulars: general Good is the plea of the scoundrel, hypocrite, and flatterer, for Art and Science cannot exist but in minutely organized Particulars.
If it were not for the intellectual snobs who pay - in solid cash - the arts would perish with their starving practitioners. Let us thank heaven for hypocrisy.
The true hypocrite is the one who ceases to perceive his deception, the one who lies with sincerity.
God has given you one face, and you make yourself another.
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