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

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

Topics: Hypocrisy Quotes

Happy is the house that shelters a friend

Happy is the house that shelters a friend

America is another name for opportunity.

America is another name for opportunity.

If I have lost confidence in myself, I have the universe against me.

If I have lost confidence in myself, I have the universe against me.

Every man passes his life in the search after friendship.

Every man passes his life in the search after friendship.

Character is higher than intellect. A great soul will be strong to live as well...

Character is higher than intellect. A great soul will be strong to live as well...

Once you make a decision, the universe conspires to make it happen.

Once you make a decision, the universe conspires to make it happen.

I hate the giving of the hand unless the whole man accompanies it.

I hate the giving of the hand unless the whole man accompanies it.

...truth is handsomer than the affectation of love. Your goodness must have some edge to...

...truth is handsomer than the affectation of love. Your goodness must have some edge to...

Pictures must not be too picturesque.

Pictures must not be too picturesque.

It is one of the blessings of old friends that you can afford to be...

It is one of the blessings of old friends that you can afford to be...

The real and lasting victories are those of peace, and not of war.

The real and lasting victories are those of peace, and not of war.

Talent alone cannot make a writer. There must be a man behind the book; a...

Talent alone cannot make a writer. There must be a man behind the book; a...

Talent finds its models, methods, and ends in society, exists for exhibition, and goes to...

Talent finds its models, methods, and ends in society, exists for exhibition, and goes to...

Commerce is of trivial import; love, faith, truth of character, the aspiration of man, these...

Commerce is of trivial import; love, faith, truth of character, the aspiration of man, these...

Don't be too timid and squeamish about your actions. All life is an experiment. The...

Don't be too timid and squeamish about your actions. All life is an experiment. The...

Men are what their mothers made them.

Men are what their mothers made them.

Beauty without grace is the hook without the bait.

Beauty without grace is the hook without the bait.

Before we acquire great power we must acquire wisdom to use it well.

Before we acquire great power we must acquire wisdom to use it well.

Mysticism is the mistake of an accidental and individual symbol for an universal one.

Mysticism is the mistake of an accidental and individual symbol for an universal one.

Do the thing we fear, and death of fear is certain.

Do the thing we fear, and death of fear is certain.