Insincerity Quotes
Marcus Tullius Cicero, Cyrus R. Edmonds (1863). “Three Books of Offices; Or, Moral Duties: Also His Cato Major, an Essay on Old Age; Laelius, an Essay on Friendship; Paradoxes; Scipio's Dream; and Letter to Quintus on the Duties of a Magistrate. Literally Translated, with Notes, Designed to Exhibit a Comparative View of the Opinions of Cicero, and Those of Modern Moralists and Ethical Philosophers”, p.72
Every single instance of a friend's insincerity increases our dependence on the efficacy of money.
William Shenstone, Samuel Johnson, Robert Dodsley (1807). “Essays on men and manners; with aphorisms, criticisms, impromptus, fragments, etc”, p.155
The basis of insincerity is the idealized image we hold of ourselves and wish to impose on others.
"The Diary Of Anaïs Nin, Volume One (1931-1934)" by Anais Nin, 1969.
The smiles that encourage severity of judgment hide malice and insincerity.
"Aphorisms on man. Translated from the original manuscript of the Rev. John Caspar Lavater, citizen of Zuric. ; [One line from Juvenal]" by Johann Kaspar Lavater, 1790.
Avoid that romantic trap: saying more than you feel, forcing yourself to feel more than you've said!
Natalie Clifford Barney, Anna Livia (1992). “A Perilous Advantage: The Best of Natalie Clifford Barney”, p.110, New Victoria Publishers
Ivy Compton-Burnett (2011). “A Heritage and its History”, p.67, A&C Black
There are many justifications of silence; there can be none of insincerity.
George Henry Lewes (1891). “The Principles of Success in Literature”
