A woman knows very well that, though a wit sends her his poems, praises her judgment, solicits her criticism, and drinks her tea, this by no means signifies that he respects her opinions, admires her understanding, or will refuse, though the rapier is denied him, to run through the body with his pen.
Virginia WoolfTags: empowerment equality gender poetry men women writing judgment feminism misogyny hypocrisy criticism respect double-standards dignity
Anything may happen when womanhood has ceased to be a protected occupation.
Virginia WoolfTags: empowerment gender women morality feminism misogyny hypocrisy inequality stereotypes double-standards clichés womanhood dignity protectiveness social-norms
He does not believe that does not live according to his belief.
Sigmund FreudTags: belief hypocrisy hypocrites
It is vain to expect virtue from women till they are in some degree independent of men.
Mary WollstonecraftTags: empowerment gender women morality freedom virtue feminism self-determination misogyny hypocrisy independence double-standards social-norms
Truth without love is brutality, and love without truth is hypocrisy.
Warren W. WiersbeTags: truth love tact hypocrisy truth-telling diplomacy
All Reformers, however strict their Conscience, live in houses just as big as they can pay for.
Logan Pearsall SmithTags: hypocrisy
I hate to hear you talk about all women as if they were fine ladies instead of rational creatures. None of us want to be in calm waters all our lives.
Jane AustenTags: strength empowerment equality gender reason men women feminism self-determination misogyny hypocrisy independence rationality stereotypes flattery double-standards clichés social-norms women-s-rights
I hope you have not been leading a double life, pretending to be wicked and being good all the time. That would be hypocrisy.
Oscar WildeTags: hypocrisy
We have also set up for them an edifying project for a continuous mitigation of their own tyranny, ascribing to them an unshakeable faith in the triumph of virtue, as well as in the moral justification of their crimes. These are the theories of well-meaning children who see everything in black or white, dream of nothing but angels or demons, and have no idea of the incredible number of hypocritical masks of every color and shape and size which men use to conceal their features when they have passed the age of devotion to ideals and have abandoned themselves unrestrainedly to their egotistic desires
Alfred de VignyTags: power mankind hypocrisy absolutes
All of us have to be prevaricators, hypocrites, and liars every day of our lives; otherwise the social structure would fall into pieces the first day. We must act in one another's presence just as we must wear clothes. It is for the best
O. HenryTags: civilization hypocrisy liars
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