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Hypocrisy Quotes - Page 2

The devil loves nothing better than the intolerance of reformers.

James Russell Lowell (1845). “Conversations on Some of the Old Poets”, p.83

Forbear to judge, for we are sinners all.

'Henry VI, Part 2' (1592) act 3, sc. 3, l. 31

Truth without love is brutality, and love without truth is hypocrisy.

Warren W. Wiersbe (2011). “On Being a Leader for God”, p.39, Baker Books

Hypocrisy is a revolting, psychopathic state.

Letter to I.L. Leontev, August 29, 1888.

Hypocrisy is wretched because the hypocrite says with his tongue what is not in his heart. He wrongs his tongue and oppresses his heart. But if the heart is sound, the condition of the tongue follows suit. We are commanded to be upright in speech, which is a gauge of the heart's state.

Hamza Yusuf (2004). “Purification of the Heart: Signs, Symptoms, and Cures of the Spiritual Diseases of the Heart : Translation and Commentary of Imam Mawlud's Matharat Al-Qulub”, Starlatch Press

Few love to hear the sins they love to act.

'Pericles, Prince Of Tyre' (1606-8) act 1, sc. 1, l. 92

Making the world safe for hypocrisy.

Look Homeward, Angel pt. 3, ch. 36 (1929) SeeWoodrowWilson 15

Superstition, idolatry, and hypocrisy have ample wages, but truth goes a begging.

Martin Luther (1848). “The table talk or familiar discourse of Martin Luther, tr. by W. Hazlitt”, p.25

The only vice that cannot be forgiven is hypocrisy. The repentance of a hypocrite is itself hypocrisy.

William Hazlitt (1837). “Characteristics: in the manner of Rochefoucault's Maxims [by W. Hazlitt].”, p.94