Pretence Quotes

For months we have seen the government trying to cling to a pathetic pretence of a ceasefire,

Sincerity is impossible, unless it pervades the whole being, and the pretence of it saps the very foundation of character.

Others indeed may talk, and write, and fight about liberty, and make an outward pretence to it; but the free-thinker alone is truly free.

Jealousy, that dragon which slays love under the pretence of keeping it alive.

In all highly civilised communities Pretence is prominent, and sooner or later invades the regions of Literature.

In England, literary pretence is more universal than elsewhere from our method of education.