3 Anthony Trollope Quotes on Hypocrisy

Anthony Trollope quotes on hypocrisy

4. No man thinks there is much ado about nothing when the ado is about himself.

19. Needless to deny that the normal London plumber is a dishonest man. We do not even allow ourselves to think so. That question, as to the dishonesty of mankind generally, is one that disturbs us greatly;- whether a man in all grades of life will by degrees train his honesty to suit his own book, so that the course of life which he shall bring himself to regard as soundly honest shall, if known to his neighbours, subject him to their reproof. We own to a doubt whether the honesty of a bishop would shine bright as the morning star to the submissive ladies who now worship him, if the theory of life upon which he lives were understood by them in all its bearings.

52. I have sometimes thought that there is no being so venomous, so bloodthirsty as a professed philanthropist.