Every man alone is sincere. At the entrance of a second person, hypocrisy begins.

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

Topics: Hypocrisy Quotes

The invariable mark of wisdom is to see the miraculous in the common.

The invariable mark of wisdom is to see the miraculous in the common.

Things are pretty, graceful, rich, elegant, handsome, but until they speak to the imagination, not...

Things are pretty, graceful, rich, elegant, handsome, but until they speak to the imagination, not...

Riding a horse is not a gentle hobby, to be picked up and laid down...

Riding a horse is not a gentle hobby, to be picked up and laid down...

Nature is trying very hard to make us succeed, but nature does not depend on...

Nature is trying very hard to make us succeed, but nature does not depend on...

Every man is a channel through which heaven floweth

Every man is a channel through which heaven floweth

Earth laughs in flowers.

Earth laughs in flowers.

Reality is a sliding door.

Reality is a sliding door.

There are books which take rank in your life with parents and lovers and passionate...

There are books which take rank in your life with parents and lovers and passionate...

Nothing astonishes men so much as common sense and plain dealing.

Nothing astonishes men so much as common sense and plain dealing.

The ancestor of every action is a thought.

The ancestor of every action is a thought.

This gives force to the strong -- that the multitude have no habit of self-reliance...

This gives force to the strong -- that the multitude have no habit of self-reliance...

I like the silent church before the service begins, better than any preaching.

I like the silent church before the service begins, better than any preaching.

Nothing is at last sacred but the integrity of your own mind.

Nothing is at last sacred but the integrity of your own mind.

Every wall is a door.

Every wall is a door.

Cause and effect are two sides of one fact.

Cause and effect are two sides of one fact.

All men in the abstract are just and good

All men in the abstract are just and good

All are needed by each one; Nothing is fair or good alone

All are needed by each one; Nothing is fair or good alone

It is the quality of the moment, not the number of days, or events, or...

It is the quality of the moment, not the number of days, or events, or...

Our greatest glory is not in never failing, but in rising up every time we...

Our greatest glory is not in never failing, but in rising up every time we...

Shallow men believe in luck. Strong men believe in cause and effect.

Shallow men believe in luck. Strong men believe in cause and effect.