Quote by Leo Tolstoy
Hypocrisy in anything whatever may deceive the cleverest and most

Hypocrisy in anything whatever may deceive the cleverest and most penetrating man, but the least wide-awake of children recognizes it, and is revolted by it, however ingeniously it may be disguised. – Leo Tolstoy

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The earth is the general and equal possession of all humanity and therefore cannot be the property of individuals. – Leo Tolstoy

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War on the other hand is such a terrible thing, that no man, especially a Christian man, has the right to assume the responsibility of starting it. – Leo Tolstoy

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Our body is a machine for living. It is organized for that, it is its nature. Let life go on in it unhindered and let it defend itself, it will do more than if you paralyze it by encumbering it with remedies. – Leo Tolstoy

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When you say that you agree to a thing in principle you mean that you have not the slightest intention of carrying it out in practice. – Otto von Bismarck

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The only vice which cannot be forgiven is hypocrisy. The repentance of a hypocrite is itself hypocrisy. – William Hazlitt

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Man is the only animal that learns by being hypocritical. He pretends to be polite and then, eventually, he becomes polite. – Jean Kerr

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In the last analysis we must be judged by what we do and not by what we believe. We are as we behave — with a very small margin of credit for our unmanifested vision of how we might behave if we could take the trouble. – Geoffrey L. Rudd, The British Vegetarian, September/October 1962

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