Hypocrisy is the most difficult and nerve-racking vice that any ma

Hypocrisy is the most difficult and nerve-racking vice that any man can pursue; it needs an unceasing vigilance and a rare detachment of spirit. It cannot, like adultery or gluttony, be practiced at spare moments; it is a whole-time job. – W. Somerset Maugham

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