Quote by William Hazlitt
Man is a make-believe animal -- he is never so truly himself as wh

Man is a make-believe animal — he is never so truly himself as when he is acting a part. – William Hazlitt

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Defoe says that there were a hundred thousand country fellows in his time ready to fight to the death against popery, without knowing whether popery was a man or a horse. – William Hazlitt

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Principles have no real force except when one is well-fed. – Mark Twain

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I never did, or countenanced, in public life, a single act inconsistent with the strictest good faith; having never believed there was one code of morality for a public, and another for a private man. – Thomas Jefferson, 1809

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There is no pillow so soft as a clear conscience. – French Proverb

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In great matters men show themselves as they wish to be seen; in small matters, as they are. – Gamaliel Bradford

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