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Hypocrite Quotes - Page 2

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

We are all hypocrites. We cannot see ourselves or judge ourselves the way we see and judge others.

Jose Emilio Pacheco (1987). “Battles in the Desert & Other Stories”, p.86, New Directions Publishing

Few love to hear the sins they love to act.

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

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

I don't like politics, hypocrites, folks with poodles.

Song: Meat And Potato Man, Album: When Somebody Loves You, 2000

A hypocrite is the kind of politician who would cut down a redwood tree, then mount the stump and make a speech for conservation.

"Mark Souder: The Hypocrisy of the Hypocrite" by Diana Butler Bass, www.beliefnet.com. May 18, 2010.