Counterfeit Quotes

There is one grace you cannot counterfeit . . . the grace of perseverance.

Art's greatest efforts are invariably a timid counterfeit of Nature.

You may imitate, but never counterfeit.

An authentic and ingenious account of the ingeniously counterfeit in art and in life.

Far graver is it to corrupt the faith that is the life of the soul than to counterfeit the money that sustains temporal life.

He who would pry behind the scenes oft sees a counterfeit.

The professional arsonist builds vacant lots for money.

True friends appear less moved than counterfeit.

The counterfeit and counterpart of Nature is reproduced in art.

The counterfeit trinity is me, myself, and I.

A powerless church has nothing for the devil to counterfeit.

Counterfeit charm is worse than none at all.

The public pleasures of far the greater part of mankind are counterfeit.

It is not in the power of even the most crafty dissimulation to conceal love long, where it really is, nor to counterfeit it long where it is not.

Taking somebody's sacrifices is like taking counterfeit money. You're only the poorer.

When you're at peace, there's no counterfeit freedom.

Then the lover, who is true and no counterfeit, must of necessity be loved by his love.

Flattery is counterfeit, and like counterfeit money, it will eventually get you into trouble if you pass it to someone else.

We fear not the truth, even if it be gloomy, but its counterfeit.

The Federal Reserve System is nothing more than legalized counterfeit.

Sleep, delicious and profound, the very counterfeit of death

Downy sleep, death's counterfeit.

The best and most telling speech is not the actual impromptu one but the counterfeit of it.

They wouldn't tell Scipio how much of the counterfeit cash was left since, as Riccio put it, 'You're a detective now, after all.