Cant is the voluntary overcharging or prolongation of a real sentiment; hypocrisy is the setting up a pretension … - William Hazlitt

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The more learned and witty you bee, the more fit to act for Satan will you bee.

William Hazlitt

Cant is the voluntary overcharging or prolongation of a real sentiment; hypocrisy is the setting up a pretension to a feeling you never had and have no wish for.

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