When you aren't sincere you need to pretend, and by pretending you end up believing yourself; that's the basic principle of every faith.

Alberto Moravia

Mots clés belief religion faith pretense insincerity



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Normally, anything done in the name of 'the kids' strikes me as either slightly sentimental or faintly sinister—that redolence of moral blackmail that adheres to certain charitable appeals and certain kinds of politician. (Not for nothing is baby-kissing the synonym for public insincerity.)

Christopher Hitchens

Mots clés children censorship insincerity politicians sentimentality baby-kissing moral-blackmail



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Do not treat others as you would not like to be treated' frees one from hypocrisy. 'Treat others as you would like to be treated' enslaves one with insincerity.

Mokokoma Mokhonoana

Mots clés freedom hypocrisy insincerity enslavement



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To hear how much of a great human being you were — even if you really weren’t — open your ears at your funeral.

Mokokoma Mokhonoana

Mots clés lies death conformity eulogy funeral tradition insincerity deceased



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The difficulty with humorists is that they will mix what they believe with what they don’t—whichever seems likelier to win an effect.

John Updike

Mots clés humor truth belief humorist insincerity 1960 comedian



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