#hypocrisy

[W]hen I see men callously and cheerfully denying women the full use of their bodies, while insisting with sobs and howls on the satisfaction of their own, I simply can't find it heroic, or kind, or anything but pretty rotten and feeble. ↗

— Dorothy L. Sayers

#double-standards #empowerment #feminism #gender #hypocrisy

Hé quoi ? vous ne ferez nulle distinction Entre l'hypocrisie et la dévotion? Vous les voulez traiter d'un semblable langage, Et rendre même honneur au masque qu'au visage, Égaler l'artifice à la sincérité, Confondre l'apparence avec la vérité, Estimer le fantôme autant que la personne, Et la fausse monnaie à l'égal de la bonne ? Les hommes la plupart sont étrangement faits ! Dans la juste nature on ne les voit jamais ; La raison a pour eux des bornes trop petites ; En chaque caractère ils passent ses limites ; Et la plus noble chose, ils la gâtent souvent Pour la vouloir outrer et pousser trop avant. ↗

— Molière

#nature

The fact that, in the United States, there are people serving ten-year prison terms for growing marijuana plants in their backyards while Wall Street racketeers, who have defrauded millions of people and destroyed the global economy, walk free is a kind of bizarre hypocrisy that boggles my mind. ↗

— Mark Haskell Smith

#government #hypocrisy #politics #politics-of-the-united-states #truth

I always tell people that religious institutions and political institutions should be separate. So while I'm telling people this, I myself continue with them combined. Hypocrisy! ↗

— Dalai Lama

#combined #continue #hypocrisy #i #i always

Democracy is hypocrisy without limitation. ↗

— Iskander Mirza

#hypocrisy #limitation #without

Discretion is the polite word for hypocrisy. ↗

— Christine Keeler

#hypocrisy #polite #word

Reagan and Bush... made the world safe for hypocrisy. ↗

— Julia Phillips

#hypocrisy #made #reagan #safe #world

Hypocrisy is great fodder for comedy. ↗