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Pretence Quotes

I love the idea of spies in love. How would it work between two people who were so programmed to lie and be suspicious, who have a whole life based on pretence? Picture Quote #1

Must we, under the happy hope of a false tranquility, sacrifice to the people in power the public welfare, and under vain pretence of preserving the peace, abandon the empire to robbers who would plunder it Picture Quote #1

Sincerity is impossible, unless it pervade the whole being, and the pretence of it saps the very foundation of character Picture Quote #1

In a society that restricts individual freedoms and violates human rights, anything that calls itself creative or independent is a pretence. It is impossible for a totalitarian society to create anything with passion and imagination Picture Quote #1

Fish is held out to be one of the greatest luxuries of the table and not only necessary, but even indispensable at all dinners where there is any pretence of excellence or fashion Picture Quote #1

A painter’s hand has a thirst for thieving, it steals from heaven and makes a gift to the memories of men, it feigns eternity and it delights in this pretence almost as if it had created rules of its own, more durable and more profoundly true Picture Quote #1

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All actions and attitudes of children are graceful because they are the luxuriant and immediate offspring of the moment, divested of affectation and free from all pretence Picture Quote #1

The fear of death is indeed the pretence of wisdom, and not real wisdom, being the appearance of knowing the unknown Picture Quote #1

The conquest of the earth... is not a pretty thing when you look into it too much. What redeems it is the idea only... not a sentimental pretence but an idea Picture Quote #1

Friends make pretence of following to the grave but before one is in it, their minds are turned and making the best of their way back to life and living people and things they understand Picture Quote #1

Pretence about anything sometimes deceives the wisest and shrewdest man, but, however cunningly it is hidden, a child of the meanest capacity feels it and is repelled by it Picture Quote #1

Perfection of character is this: to live each day as if it were your last, without frenzy, without apathy, without pretence Picture Quote #1

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Let no man turn aside, ever so slightly, from the broad path of honour, on the plausible pretence that he is justified by the goodness of his end. All good ends can be worked out by good means Picture Quote #1

It is man’s pretence that because he has choice he is free. Freedom is pure observation without direction, without fear of punishment and reward. Freedom is without motive; freedom is not at the end of the evolution of man but lies in the first step of his existence Picture Quote #1

He would be the finer gentleman that should leave the world without having tasted of lying or pretence of any sort, or of wantonness or conceit Picture Quote #1

Security, the chief pretence of civilization, cannot exist where the worst of dangers, the danger of poverty, hangs over everyone’s head Picture Quote #1

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I love the idea of spies in love. How would it work between two people who were so programmed to lie and be suspicious, who have a whole life based on pretence? (Pretence Quotes) Must we, under the happy hope of a false tranquility, sacrifice to the people in power the public welfare, and under vain pretence of preserving the peace, abandon the empire to robbers who would plunder it (Pretence Quotes) Sincerity is impossible, unless it pervade the whole being, and the pretence of it saps the very foundation of character (Pretence Quotes) In a society that restricts individual freedoms and violates human rights, anything that calls itself creative or independent is a pretence. It is impossible for a totalitarian society to create anything with passion and imagination (Pretence Quotes) Fish is held out to be one of the greatest luxuries of the table and not only necessary, but even indispensable at all dinners where there is any pretence of excellence or fashion (Pretence Quotes) A painter’s hand has a thirst for thieving, it steals from heaven and makes a gift to the memories of men, it feigns eternity and it delights in this pretence almost as if it had created rules of its own, more durable and more profoundly true (Pretence Quotes) All actions and attitudes of children are graceful because they are the luxuriant and immediate offspring of the moment, divested of affectation and free from all pretence (Pretence Quotes) The fear of death is indeed the pretence of wisdom, and not real wisdom, being the appearance of knowing the unknown (Pretence Quotes) The conquest of the earth... is not a pretty thing when you look into it too much. What redeems it is the idea only... not a sentimental pretence but an idea (Pretence Quotes) Friends make pretence of following to the grave but before one is in it, their minds are turned and making the best of their way back to life and living people and things they understand (Pretence Quotes) Pretence about anything sometimes deceives the wisest and shrewdest man, but, however cunningly it is hidden, a child of the meanest capacity feels it and is repelled by it (Pretence Quotes) Perfection of character is this: to live each day as if it were your last, without frenzy, without apathy, without pretence (Pretence Quotes) Let no man turn aside, ever so slightly, from the broad path of honour, on the plausible pretence that he is justified by the goodness of his end. All good ends can be worked out by good means (Pretence Quotes) It is man’s pretence that because he has choice he is free. Freedom is pure observation without direction, without fear of punishment and reward. Freedom is without motive; freedom is not at the end of the evolution of man but lies in the first step of his existence (Pretence Quotes) He would be the finer gentleman that should leave the world without having tasted of lying or pretence of any sort, or of wantonness or conceit (Pretence Quotes) Security, the chief pretence of civilization, cannot exist where the worst of dangers, the danger of poverty, hangs over everyone’s head (Pretence Quotes)

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