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It’s common for Men to give 6 pretended Reasons instead of one real one.

Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) American statesman, scientist, philosopher, aphorist
Poor Richard (1745 ed.)

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Franklin, Benjamin - Poor Richard (1745 ed.) | WIST Quotations

It’s common for Men to give 6 pretended Reasons instead of one real one.

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WIST Quotations Has Moved!Nov 20

A quotation from Moliere

DON JUAN: It’s no longer shameful to be a dissembler; hypocrisy is now a fashionable vice, and all fashionable vices pass for virtues.

[DON JUAN: Il n’y a plus de honte maintenant à cela ; l’hypocrisie est un vice à la mode, et tous les vices à la mode passent pour vertus.]

Molière (1622-1673) French playwright, actor [stage name for Jean-Baptiste Poquelin]
Don Juan [Dom Juan], Act 5, sc. 2 (1665) [tr. Wilbur (2001)]

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Don Juan [Dom Juan], Act 5, sc. 2 (1665) [tr. Wilbur (2001)] - Moliere | WIST Quotations

DON JUAN: It's no longer shameful to be a dissembler; hypocrisy is now a fashionable vice, and all fashionable vices pass for virtues. [DON JUAN: Il n’y a plus de honte maintenant à cela ; l’hypocrisie est un vice à la mode, et tous les vices à la mode passent…

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WIST Quotations Has Moved!Sep 25

A quotation from Talleyrand

Speech was given to man to conceal his thoughts.

[La parole a été donné à l’homme pour déguiser sa pensée.]

Charles-Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord (1754-1838) French secularized clergyman, statesman, wit, diplomat
(Attributed)

More info about this quote: wist.info/talleyrand/79291/

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WIST Quotations moves again!Aug 1, 2024

A quotation from Mencken, H. L.:

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The surest way to get a reputation as a liar is to pretend to be very good. The next surest way is to pretend to be very wicked.
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Full quote, sourcing, notes:
https://wist.info/mencken-hl/71018/

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A Little Book in C Major, ch. 2, § 7 (1916) - Mencken, H. L. | WIST Quotations

The surest way to get a reputation as a liar is to pretend to be very good. The next surest way is to pretend to be very wicked. Variants: LlAR. (a) One who pretends to be very good; (b) one who pretends to be very bad. [A Book of Burlesques,…

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WIST Quotations moves again!May 14, 2024

A quotation from Pasternak, Boris:

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The great majority of us are required to live a life of constant, systematic duplicity. Your health is bound to be affected if, day after day, you say the opposite of what you feel, if you grovel before what you dislike and rejoice at what brings you nothing but misfortune. Your nervous system…
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https://wist.info/pasternak-boris/69495/

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Doctor Zhivago [До́ктор Жива́го], Part 2, ch. 15 "Conclusion," sec. 6 [Yury] (1955) [tr. Hayward & Harari (1958), UK ed.] - Pasternak, Boris | WIST Quotations

The great majority of us are required to live a life of constant, systematic duplicity. Your health is bound to be affected if, day after day, you say the opposite of what you feel, if you grovel before what you dislike and rejoice at what brings you nothing but misfortune.…

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WIST Quotations moves again!Jun 6, 2023

A quotation from Bierce, Ambrose:

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APOLOGIZE, v.i. To lay the foundation for a future offense.
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Full quote, sourcing, notes:
https://wist.info/bierce-ambrose/39267/

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