Pretence

Famous quotes containing the word pretence:

“Our own distrust gives a fair pretence for the knavery of other people.”
—François, Duc De La Rochefoucauld (1613–1680)

“The fear of death is indeed the pretence of wisdom, and not real wisdom, being the appearance of knowing the unknown.”
—Plato (c. 427–347 B.C.)

“Jealousy, that dragon which slays love under the pretence of keeping it alive.”
—Havelock Ellis (1859–1939)