Quote by Bernard Mandeville
No habit or quality is more easily acquired than hypocrisy, nor an

No habit or quality is more easily acquired than hypocrisy, nor any thing sooner learned than to deny the sentiments of our hearts and the principle we act from: but the seeds of every passion are innate to us, and nobody comes into the world without them. – Bernard Mandeville

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If courtesans and strumpets were to be prosecuted with as much rigor as some silly people would have it, what locks or bars would be sufficient to preserve the honor of our wives and daughters? – Bernard Mandeville

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We ought to see far enough into a hypocrite to see even his sincerity. – G. K. Chesterton

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Clean your finger before you point at my spots. – Benjamin Franklin

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We have two kinds of morality side by side: one which we preach but do not practice and another which we practice but seldom preach. – Bertrand Russell

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When you see a great deal of religion displayed in his shop window, you may depend on it, that he keeps a very small stock of it within. – C. H. (Charles Haddon) Spurgeon

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