Hypocrite: the man who murdered both his parents… pleaded for mercy on the grounds that he was an orphan. – Abraham Lincoln Category: Hypocrisy
That which we call sin in others is experiment for us. – Ralph Waldo Emerson, “Experience” Category: Hypocrisy
People are very inclined to set moral standards for others. – Elizabeth Drew, The New Yorker, 1987 February 16th Category: Hypocrisy
Man is the only animal that learns by being hypocritical. He pretends to be polite and then, eventually, he becomes polite. – Jean Kerr Category: Hypocrisy
The guns and bombs, the rockets and the warships, all are symbols of human failure. – Lyndon B. Johnson Category: Inventing, Inventions
Large, naked raw carrots are acceptable as food only to those who lie in hutches eagerly awaiting Easter. – Fran Lebowitz Category: Food
