Pretence

Famous quotes containing the word pretence:

“I thought it out this very day,
Noon upon the clock,
A man may put pretence away
Who leans upon a stick,
May sing, and sing until he drop,
Whether to maid or hag....”
—William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)

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

“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.)