Quotes about Hypocrisy
At the entrance of a second person, hypocrisy begins.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
Daughters of Time, the hypocritic Days,Muffled and dumb like barefoot dervishes,And marching single in an endless file,Bring diadems and fagots in their hands.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
Satan is inconsistent. He persuades a man not to go to a synagogue on a cold morning; yet when the man does go, he follows him into it.
— John Henry Newman
It is not the being seen of men that is wrong, but doing these things for the purpose of being seen of men. The problem with the hypocrite is his motivation.
— St. Augustine
Of all things in the world that stink in the nostrils of men, hypocrisy is the worst.
— Charles Spurgeon
A bad man becomes worse when he apes a saint.
— Publilius Syrus
Our Lord did not say it was wrong to pray in the corners of the street, but He did say it was wrong to have the motive to "be seen of men".
— Oswald Chambers
Men judge of Christians by taking as fair samples those that lie rotten on the ground.
— Henry Ward Beecher
It is the nature of all hypocrites and false prophets to create a conscience where there is none, and to cause conscience to disappear where it does exist.
— Martin Luther
Patriotism is usually the refuge of the scoundrel. He is the man who talks the loudest.
— Mark Twain
We live in a world where we have to hide to make love, while violence is practiced in broad daylight.
— John Lennon
People always make war when they say they love peace.
— DH Lawrence