Quote by Sylvia Plath

The velvet dodges of the hypocrit

The velvet dodges of the hypocrit

Summary

This quote refers to the cunning and deceptive tactics used by hypocrites. It suggests that hypocrites possess smooth and polished ways of avoiding blame or detection for their deceitful behavior. "Velvet" symbolizes luxury and elegance, implying that hypocrites can skillfully navigate through situations while maintaining a facade of honesty and righteousness. The quote serves as a reminder to be cautious and discerning in trusting or judging others, as their true intentions may be obscured by their manipulative actions.

Topics

Truth

By Sylvia Plath

Liked the quote? Share it with your friends.

Random Quotations

It is not fair to ask of others what you are not willing to

It is not fair to ask of others what you are not willing to do yourself.

Eleanor Roosevelt

Action(s)

Growing up, if I hadn't had sports, I don't know where I'd b

Growing up, if I hadn't had sports, I don't know where I'd be. God only knows what street corners I'd have been standing on and God only knows what I'd have been doing, but instead I played hockey and went to school and stayed out of trouble.

God

There is no faculty of the human soul so persistent and univ

There is no faculty of the human soul so persistent and universal as that of hatred.

Henry Ward Beecher

Hate

The age of the book is almost gone.

The age of the book is almost gone.

Reading

What do men want? They want a lot of pals, and they wish tha

What do men want? They want a lot of pals, and they wish that people wouldn't get so mad at them.

Men People

My wife gets pampered pretty well. She's had me trained sinc

My wife gets pampered pretty well. She's had me trained since she was pregnant, when I started making her oatmeal with fresh berries every morning.

Michael Weatherly

Morning

There is no proof great enough to prevent doubt. Ir you base

There is no proof great enough to prevent doubt. Ir you base your belief on proof, sooner or later you will sink!

Faith Inspirational Christianity Proof Peter

I kicked the door open, and I'm gonna hold my leg in there.

I kicked the door open, and I'm gonna hold my leg in there. I'm keeping the door open for all these amazing female singer-songwriters that are coming out.

Miranda Lambert

We can't change anything until we get some fresh ideas, unti

We can't change anything until we get some fresh ideas, until we begin to see things differently.

Change

We have our little theory on all human and divine things. Po

We have our little theory on all human and divine things. Poetry, the workings of genius itself, which, in all times, with one or another meaning, has been called Inspiration, and held to be mysterious and inscrutable, is no longer without its scientific exposition. The building of the lofty rhyme is like any other masonry or bricklaying: we have theories of its rise, height, decline and fall -- which latter, it would seem, is now near, among all people.

Criticism

All love that has not friendship for its base, is like a man

All love that has not friendship for its base, is like a mansion built upon the sand.

Ella Wheeler Wilcox

Friendship

No, this trick won't work...How on earth are you ever going

No, this trick won't work...How on earth are you ever going to explain in terms of chemistry and physics so important a biological phenomenon as first love?

Albert Einstein

Dad