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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 greater the state, the more wrong and cruel its patriotism, and the greater is the sum of suffering upon which its power is founded. – Leo Tolstoy

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Seize the moments of happiness, love and be loved! That is the only reality in the world, all else is folly. – Leo Tolstoy

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Most of us are aware of and pretend to detest the barefaced instances of that hypocrisy by which men deceive others, but few of us are upon our guard or see that more fatal hypocrisy by which we deceive and over-reach our own hearts. – Laurence Sterne, 1760

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Go put your creed into your deed. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Loud indignation against vice often stands for virtue in the eyes of bigots. – J. Petit-Senn

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He rightly reads scripture who turns words into deeds. – Saint Bernard of Clairvaux

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