Pretense Quotes

No one can long hide behind a mask; the pretense soon lapses into the true character.

You get to love your pretense…It’s true, we’re locked in an image, an act…

Self respect is something that can’t be killed. The worst thing is to kill a man’s pretense at it.

To keep their love, you keep pretending – performing. You get to love your pretense…It’s true, we’re locked in an image, an act – and the sad thing is, people get so used to their image

It is what we need more than anything. It liberates us from pretense, humbles us out of our self-righteousness, and fortifies us for any difficulty life can throw at us.

Let social busybodies and professional “public morals experts” in their fads reflect upon the perils they rashly invite under this pretense of social welfare.

Fraud includes the pretense of knowledge when knowledge there is none.