Pretended

Famous quotes containing the word pretended:

“Whatever pretended causes we may blame our afflictions upon, it is often nothing but self-interest and vanity that produce them.”
—François, Duc De La Rochefoucauld (1613–1680)

“A happy people I call them still, whose peace and genuine morals have not been contaminated with European vices; and whose errors are only the errors of ignorance, and not the rooted depravity of a pretended civilization, and a spurious and mock Christianity.”
—J.G. (John Gabriel)

“Good heavens! what a foolish thing is this pretended perfectibility of the human race which is continually being dinned into our ears!”
—Théophile Gautier (1811–1872)