INSINCERITY QUOTES II

quotations about insincerity

Insincerity is like a Dead Sea apple; very fair to look at, but nothing but disappointment awaits those who trust to its appearances.

G. JACOB

attributed, Day's Collacon


If we were not insincere ourselves, it would be difficult for others to be insincere; there is something more than the false glare, the vague presentiments, the fugitive tones, and momentary flashes of light around us.

WILLIAM RAWLE

attributed, Day's Collacon


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

Rabbit, Run

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A boorish man thanks God very loudly that he is not insincere--nobody having ever thought of accusing him even of that small and wretched approach to politeness, which is sometimes flavored by insincerity.

ARTHUR HELPS

attributed, Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers

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Insincerity crucifies the heart.

C. C. BURR

attributed, Day's Collacon


Generally it will be found that where apparent insincerity is operative, it is unintelligence that warps the action into evil direction. Granting inherent sincerity in human nature, its miscarriage into foul expression must be due to want of keen intelligence.

ALVIN BOYD KUHN

Who Is This King of Glory?


I had trouble listening to adults who didn't really mean anything that they said; it was as if their language poured into my ears only to drain right out a little spigot in the back of my head.

REIF LARSEN

The Selected Works of T. S. Spivet


Insincerity is a disease-habit that would destroy good society if it were allowed to spread indefinitely; but sincerity is like sunshine that destroys evil germs of many kinds.

HAROLD W. BROWN

"Habits That Affect Business", Electrical Construction and Maintenance, September 1918


All mankind practice insincerity; in every relation of life they wear a mask to cover their designs. In the battle of life it is not so much the struggle for superiority as it is the endeavor to discover one man's design upon another.

JAMES ELLIS

attributed, Day's Collacon


Insincerity is a base coin; we seek to produce something valuable with that which we know to be worthless.

MRS. ROSS CHURCH

attributed, Day's Collacon


Of all the evil spirits abroad at this hour in the world, insincerity is the most dangerous.

JAMES ANTHONY FROUDE

Short Studies on Great Subjects

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