Quotes about Hypocrisy
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
If you don't behave as you believe, you will end by believing as you behave.
— Bishop Fulton J. Sheen
He who demands mercy and shows none ruins the bridge over which he himself is to pass.
— Thomas Adams
The only vice which cannot be forgiven is hypocrisy. The repentance of a hypocrite is itself hypocrisy.
— William Hazlitt
As hypocrisy is said to be the highest compliment to virtue, the art of lying is the strongest acknowledgment of the force of truth.
— William Hazlitt
As the most extravagant errors were received among the established articles of their faith, so the most infamous vices obtained in their practice, and were indulged not only with impunity, but authorized by the sanction of their laws.
— David Brainerd