Hypocrisy Quotes
Most popular hypocrisy quotes
Firmness is that admirable quality in ourselves that is merely stubbornness in others.
![Never to talk about oneself is a very refined form of hypocrisy. - Friedrich Nietzsche quote.](/img/q/89/589A-never-to-talk-about-oneself-is-very-refined-form-hypocrisy-friedrich-nietzsche.png)
Never to talk about oneself is a very refined form of hypocrisy.
![No man is a hypocrite in his pleasure. - Samuel Johnson quote.](/img/q/97/697A-no-man-is-a-hypocrite-in-his-pleasure-samuel-johnson.png)
No man is a hypocrite in his pleasure.
![We are all inclined to judge ourselves by our ideals; others, by their acts. - Harold Nicolson quote.](/img/q/96/13896A-we-are-all-inclined-to-judge-ourselves-by-our-ideals-harold-nicolson.png)
We are all inclined to judge ourselves by our ideals; others, by their acts.
![The child is sincere, and the man when he is alone, if he be not a writer, but on the entrance of the second person hypocrisy begins. - Ralph Waldo Emerson quote.](/img/q/80/19780A-the-child-is-sincere-and-the-man-when-he-is-ralph-waldo-emerson.png)
The child is sincere, and the man when he is alone, if he be not a writer, but on the entrance of the second person hypocrisy begins.
![No man, for any considerable period, can wear one face to himself and another to the multitude, without finally getting bewildered as to which may be the true. - Nathaniel Hawthorne quote.](/img/q/21/26721A-no-man-for-any-considerable-period-can-wear-one-face-nathaniel-hawthorne.png)
No man, for any considerable period, can wear one face to himself and another to the multitude, without finally getting bewildered as to which may be the true.
![A hypocrite despises those whom he deceives, but has no respect for himself. He would make a dupe of himself too, if he could. - William Hazlitt quote.](/img/q/85/29885A-a-hypocrite-despises-those-whom-he-deceives-but-has-no-william-hazlitt.png)
A hypocrite despises those whom he deceives, but has no respect for himself. He would make a dupe of himself too, if he could.
![The hypocrite's crime is that he bears false witness against himself. - Hannah Arendt quote.](/img/q/21/33121A-the-hypocrites-crime-is-that-he-bears-false-witness-against-hannah-arendt.png)
The hypocrite's crime is that he bears false witness against himself.
![Psychologically speaking, one may say that the hypocrite is too ambitious; not only does he want to appear virtuous before others, he wants to convince himself. - Hannah Arendt quote.](/img/q/22/33122A-psychologically-speaking-one-may-say-that-hypocrite-is-too-ambitious-hannah-arendt.png)
Psychologically speaking, one may say that the hypocrite is too ambitious; not only does he want to appear virtuous before others, he wants to convince himself.
![It is the wisdom of the crocodiles, that shed tears when they would devour. - Francis Bacon quote.](/img/q/23/33123A-it-is-the-wisdom-of-the-crocodiles-that-shed-tears-francis-bacon.png)
It is the wisdom of the crocodiles, that shed tears when they would devour.
![Woe to you...hypocrites! For you are like whitewashed tombs, which outwardly appear beautiful, but within they are full of dead men's bones and all uncleanness. - Jesus Christ quote.](/img/q/24/33124A-woe-to-youhypocrites-for-you-are-like-whitewashed-tombs-which-jesus-christ.png)
Woe to you...hypocrites! For you are like whitewashed tombs, which outwardly appear beautiful, but within they are full of dead men's bones and all uncleanness.
![A criminal is twice a criminal when he adds hypocrisy to his crime. - Marie Corelli quote.](/img/q/26/33126A-a-criminal-is-twice-a-criminal-when-he-adds-hypocrisy-marie-corelli.png)
A criminal is twice a criminal when he adds hypocrisy to his crime.
![Every man alone is sincere. At the entrance of a second person, hypocrisy begins. - Ralph Waldo Emerson quote.](/img/q/27/33127A-every-man-alone-is-sincere-at-entrance-second-person-hypocrisy-ralph-waldo-emerson.png)
Every man alone is sincere. At the entrance of a second person, hypocrisy begins.
![Sincerity that thinks it is the sole possessor of the truth is a deadlier sin than hypocrisy, which knows better. - Sydney Harris quote.](/img/q/28/33128A-sincerity-that-thinks-it-is-the-sole-possessor-truth-is-sydney-harris.png)
Sincerity that thinks it is the sole possessor of the truth is a deadlier sin than hypocrisy, which knows better.
![If it were not for the intellectual snobs who pay—in solid cash—the tribute which philistinism owes to culture, the arts would perish with their starving practitioners. Let us thank heaven for hypocrisy. - Aldous Huxley quote.](/img/q/31/33131A-if-it-were-not-for-the-intellectual-snobs-who-pay-aldous-huxley.png)
If it were not for the intellectual snobs who pay—in solid cash—the tribute which philistinism owes to culture, the arts would perish with their starving practitioners. Let us thank heaven for hypocrisy.
![Hypocrisy is the tribute which vice pays to virtue. - François de La Rochefoucauld quote.](/img/q/32/33132A-hypocrisy-is-the-tribute-which-vice-pays-virtue-francois-de-la-rochefoucauld.png)
Hypocrisy is the tribute which vice pays to virtue.
![Hypocrisy is not generally a social sin, but a virtue. - Judith Martin quote.](/img/q/33/33133A-hypocrisy-is-not-generally-a-social-sin-but-virtue-judith-martin.png)
Hypocrisy is not generally a social sin, but a virtue.
![Hypocrisy is the most difficult and nerve-racking vice that any man can pursue; it needs an unceasing vigilance and a rare detachment of spirit. It cannot, like adultery or gluttony, be practiced at spare moments; it is a whole-time job. - W. Somerset Maugham quote.](/img/q/34/33134A-hypocrisy-is-the-most-difficult-and-nerve-racking-vice-that-w-somerset-maugham.png)
Hypocrisy is the most difficult and nerve-racking vice that any man can pursue; it needs an unceasing vigilance and a rare detachment of spirit. It cannot, like adultery or gluttony, be practiced at spare moments; it is a whole-time job.
![For neither man nor angel can discern
Hypocrisy, the only evil that walks
Invisible, except to God alone. - John Milton quote.](/img/q/35/33135A-for-neither-man-nor-angel-can-discern-hypocrisy-only-evil-john-milton.png)
For neither man nor angel can discern Hypocrisy, the only evil that walks Invisible, except to God alone.
![In our interactions with people, a benevolent hypocrisy is frequently required—acting as though we do not see through the motives of their actions. - Friedrich Nietzsche quote.](/img/q/36/33136A-in-our-interactions-with-people-a-benevolent-hypocrisy-is-frequently-friedrich-nietzsche.png)
In our interactions with people, a benevolent hypocrisy is frequently required—acting as though we do not see through the motives of their actions.
Most people sell their souls and live with a good conscience on the proceeds.
![Because hypocrisy stinks in the nostrils one is likely to rate it as a more powerful agent for destruction than it is. - Rebecca West quote.](/img/q/38/33138A-because-hypocrisy-stinks-in-the-nostrils-one-is-likely-rate-rebecca-west.png)
Because hypocrisy stinks in the nostrils one is likely to rate it as a more powerful agent for destruction than it is.
![Politeness, n. The most acceptable hypocrisy. - Ambrose Bierce quote.](/img/q/34/37634A-politeness-n-the-most-acceptable-hypocrisy-ambrose-bierce.png)
Politeness, n. The most acceptable hypocrisy.