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pretense
«You must not under any pretense allow your mind to dwell on any thought that is not positive, constructive, optimistic, kind.»
Author: Emmet Fox
(Author, Lecturer)
| Keywords:
constructive, dwell, dwell on, optimistic, positive thinking, pretense, pretenses
«Before a standing army can rule, the people must be disarmed; as they are in almost every kingdom of Europe. the supreme power in America cannot enforce unjust laws by the sword; because the whole body of the people are armed, and constitute a force superior to any bands of regular troops that can be, on any pretense, raised in the United States.»
Author: Noah Webster
(Man of letter)
| Keywords:
armed, Armed force, armed forces, bands, be on, Body of, constitute, disarmed, enforce, force of law, in the United States, pretense, pretenses, raised, regular, Supreme Power, The Sword, troops, United Kingdom, unjust
«The pious pretense that evil does not exist only makes it vague, enormous and menacing.»
Author: Aleister Crowley
| Keywords:
does not exist, enormous, menaced, menaces, menacing, pious, pretense, pretenses, The Menace, vague, vaguer
«Most of the confidence which I appear to feel, especially when influenced by noon wine, is only a pretense.»
«Cruelty must be whitewashed by a moral excuse, and pretense of reluctance»
Author: George Bernard Shaw
(Critic, Essayist, Playwright)
| Keywords:
pretense, pretenses, reluctance, whitewashed, whitewashing
«A bizarre sensation pervades a relationship of pretense. No truth seems true. A simple morning's greeting and response appear loaded with innuendo and fraught with implications. Each nicety becomes more sterile and each withdrawal more permanent.»
Author: Maya Angelou
(Poet)
| Keywords:
bizarre, fraught, greeting, greetings, implication, implications, innuendo, innuendoes, loaded, niceties, nicety, pervade, pervaded, pervades, pretense, pretenses, response, sensation, sterile, withdrawal
«I predict future happiness for Americans if they can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people under the pretense of taking care of them.»
Author: Thomas Jefferson
(Author, President)
| About:
America and Americans
| Keywords:
Americans, American government, Care of, labors, predict, predicting, Predicts, pretense, pretenses, prevent, taking, the government, wasting