Pretence

Famous quotes containing the word pretence:

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

“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)

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