#pretense

So may the outward shows be least themselves: The world is still deceived with ornament. In law, what plea so tainted and corrupt, But, being seasoned with a gracious voice, Obscures the show of evil? In religion, What damned error, but some sober brow Will bless it and approve it with a text, Hiding the grossness with fair ornament? There is no vice so simple but assumes Some mark of virtue on his outward parts. ↗

— William Shakespeare

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#falsehood #law #ornament #pretense #religion

Frankly - and believe me, I say this without any pretense - when I see the road I've taken, I have to say that thanks to good luck, because without good luck one can do nothing, I've come out pretty well. ↗

— James MacArthur

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#because #believe #come #frankly #good

There's a difference between playing and playing games. The former is an act of joy, the latter — an act. ↗

— Vera Nazarian

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#acting #artifice #falsehood #game #games