Every man alone is sincere. At the entrance of a second person, hypocrisy begins. We parry and fend the approach of our fellow-man by compliments, by gossip, by amusements, by affairs. We cover up our thought from him under a hundred folds. – Ralph Waldo Emerson, “Friendship,” Essays, 1841

Saying is one thing, doing another. We must consider the sermon and the preacher distinctly and apart. – Michel de Montaigne

Hypocrite reader — my fellow — my brother! – StJerome

Never to talk to ones self is a form of hypocrisy. – Fredrich