As hypocrisy is said to be the highest compliment to virtue, the art of lying is the strongest acknowledgment of the force of truth

Quote by William Hazlitt

Topics: Hypocrisy Quotes

It is hard for any one to be an honest politician who is not born...

It is hard for any one to be an honest politician who is not born...

The essence of poetry is will and passion.

The essence of poetry is will and passion.

The player envies only the player, the poet envies only the poet.

The player envies only the player, the poet envies only the poet.

The most learned are often the most narrow minded.

The most learned are often the most narrow minded.

Zeal will do more than knowledge.

Zeal will do more than knowledge.

It is not the errors of others, but our own miscalculations, on which we wreak...

It is not the errors of others, but our own miscalculations, on which we wreak...

The way to get on in the world is to be neither more nor less...

The way to get on in the world is to be neither more nor less...

Without the aid of prejudice and custom, I should not be able to find my...

Without the aid of prejudice and custom, I should not be able to find my...

Genius, like humanity, rusts for the want of use

Genius, like humanity, rusts for the want of use

We do not see nature with our eyes, but with our understandings and our hearts.

We do not see nature with our eyes, but with our understandings and our hearts.

I'm not smart, but I like to observe. Millions saw the apple fall, but Newton...

I'm not smart, but I like to observe. Millions saw the apple fall, but Newton...

Poetry is all that is worth remembering in life.

Poetry is all that is worth remembering in life.

The incentive to ambition is the love of power.

The incentive to ambition is the love of power.

Gallantry to women - the sure road to their favor - is nothing but the...

Gallantry to women - the sure road to their favor - is nothing but the...

If the world were good for nothing else, it is a fine subject for speculation.

If the world were good for nothing else, it is a fine subject for speculation.

I do not think that what is called Love at first sight is so great...

I do not think that what is called Love at first sight is so great...

That which is not, shall never be; that which is, shall never cease to be....

That which is not, shall never be; that which is, shall never cease to be....

Wit is the salt of conversation, not the food.

Wit is the salt of conversation, not the food.

I cook with wine, sometimes I even add it to the food.

I cook with wine, sometimes I even add it to the food.

To the goggling unbeliever Texans say - as people always say about their mangier dishes...

To the goggling unbeliever Texans say - as people always say about their mangier dishes...