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When you say that you agree with a thing in principle you mean that you have not the slightest intention of carrying it out in practice. – Otto von Bismarck

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We ought to see far enough into a hypocrite to see even his sincerity. – G. K. Chesterton

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In the last analysis we must be judged by what we do and not by what we believe. We are as we behave — with a very small margin of credit for our unmanifested vision of how we might behave if we could take the trouble. – Geoffrey L. Rudd, The British Vegetarian, September/October 1962

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The true hypocrite is the one who ceases to perceive his deception, the one who lies with sincerity. РAndr̩ Gide

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Those whose conduct gives room for talk are always the first to attack their neighbors. РJean Baptiste Moli̬re, Tartuffe

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