For the vile person will speak villany, and his heart will work iniquity, to practise hypocrisy, and to utter error against the Lord.—Isaiah, xxxii. 6.
When thou doest thine alms, do not sound a trumpet before thee as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may have glory of men.
When thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites are; for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.—Matthew, vi. 2, 5.
So smooth he daubed his life with show of virtue,
He lived from all attainder of suspect.
Shakspere.
Hypocrisy, detest her as we may,
(And no man’s hatred ever wronged her yet)
May claim this merit still, that she admits
The worth of what she mimics with such care,