“Hypocrisy is the most difficult and nerve-racking vice that any man can pursue; it needs an unceasing vigilance and a rare detachment of spirit. It cannot, like adultery or gluttony, be practised at spare moments; it is a whole-time job.”
W. Somerset Maugham, Cakes and Ale
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“A hypocrite despises those whom he deceives, but has no respect for himself. He would make a dupe of himself too, if he could.”
William Hazlitt, Characteristics: In the Manner of Rochefoucault’s Maxims
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