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  • If every day a man takes orders in silence from an incompetent superior, if every day he solemnly performs ritual acts which he privately finds ridiculous, if he unhesitatingly gives answers to questionnaires which are contrary to his real opinions and is prepared to deny his own self in public, if he sees no difficulty in feigning sympathy or even affection where, in fact, he feels only indifference or aversion, it still does not mean that he has entirely lost the use of one of the basic human senses, namely, the sense of humiliation.

    Sad   Sympathy   Real  
    Open letter to Dr. Gustáv Husák, Communist President, April 8, 1975.
  • A king there was once reigning, Who had a goodly flea, Him loved he without feigning, As his own son were he!

    Love   Kings   Son  
    Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (2013). “Faust, Part One”, p.65, Courier Corporation
  • Twas never merry world Since lowly feigning was called compliment.

    'Twelfth Night' (1601) act 3, sc. 1, l. [110]
  • The world is not looking for Stepford-type Christians. People are tired of pretense. We struggle with failures; we long for intimacy. So why are we feigning perfection before God and one another.

    Sheila Walsh (1999). “Life is Tough, But God is Faithful: How to See God's Love in Difficult Times”, p.1990, Thomas Nelson Inc
  • Most friendship is faining, most loving mere folly: Then, heigh-ho, the holly. This life is most jolly.

  • The main Business of Natural Philosophy is to argue from Phænomena without feigning Hypotheses, and to deduce Causes from Effects till we come to the very first Cause, which certainly is not mechanical; and not only to unfold the Mechanism of the World, but chiefly to resolve these, and to such like Questions.

    Sir Isaac Newton (1782). “Isaaci Newtoni Opera quae exstant omnia”, p.237
  • Easy climb, Kurokuma. You do it easily.' 'Not on your life,' Horace said... 'That's what we have Rangers for. They climb up sheer rock walls and crawl along narrow, slippery ledges. I'm a trained warrior, and I'm far to valuable to risk such shenanigans.' 'We're not valuable?' Will said, feigning insult. Horace looked at him. 'We've got two of you. We can always afford to lose one,' he said firmly.

    Wall   Warrior   Rocks  
  • Isn't it possible that I'm not feigning interest? That I really do want to know more about you?" "You've never been interested in me before." "You've never been interesting before." -Cassandra and Paige

  • There are people one knows and people one doesn't. One shouldn't cheapen the former by feigning intimacy with the latter.

    Tony Horwitz (2010). “Confederates in the Attic: Dispatches from the Unfinished Civil War”, p.151, Vintage
  • I'd have to swing by the house first to change into something more comfortable.” “That's fine,” he said. “I'm all for you changing into something more comfortable.” “I'll bet you are,” she said knowingly. “Now, don't start getting fresh,” he said, feigning offense. “I don't think we know each other well enough for that.

    Thinking   Swings   House  
  • How can we expect our students to become bold and fearless in thought and action if we encase them in sentimental shrines feigning a culture which has long since disappeared?

    Long   Fearless   Culture  
  • People are shuffling by in long coats, with shopping bags and takeout, smoking cigarettes and feigning laughter - filling up their lives with distractions to shut out the chaos.

    "Working Class Zero". Book by Rob Payne, Chapter 26, 2003.
  • The less the mind understands and the more things it perceives, the greater its power of feigning is; and the more things it understands, the more that power is diminished.

  • Blow, blow, thou winter wind, Thou art not so unkind As mans ingratitude Thy tooth is not so keen, Because thou art not seen, Although thy breath be rude. Heigh-ho sing, heigh-ho unto the green holly Most friendship is feigning, most loving mere folly. Then heigh-ho the holly This life is most jolly. Freeze, freeze, thou bitter sky, That dost not bite so nigh As benefits forgot Though thou the waters warp, Thy sting is not so sharp As friend rememberd not.

    Life   Art   Winter  
    'As You Like It' (1599) act 2, sc. 7, l. 174
  • You've heard of animals chewing off a leg to escape a trap? There's an animal kind of trick. A human would remain in the trap, endure the pain, feigning death that he might kill the trapper and remove a threat to his kind.

    Pain   Animal   Might  
    Frank Herbert (2003). “Dune”, p.16, Penguin
  • Even feigning surprise, pretending it was unexpected and saying a ritual thanks, is surely wiser than just expecting everything so carelessly.

    Barbara Kingsolver (2010). “Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: Our Year of Seasonal Eating”, p.284, Faber & Faber
  • The truest poetry is the most feigning.

    William Shakespeare (1832). “Hamlet, and As you like it, a specimen of a new ed. of Shakespeare [by T. Caldecott]. by T. Caldecott”
  • We all appear as dunces when feigning an interest in things we care nothing about.

    Care   Dunces   Interest  
    C. S. Lewis (1971). “The Four Loves”, p.87, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
  • In the business world, what’s the female equivalent of going golfing with a client?” Laney gave this some thought. Payton fell silent, too, contemplating. After a few moments, neither of them could come up with anything. How depressing. Payton sighed, feigning resignation. “Well, that’s it. I guess I’ll just have to sleep with them.” Laney folded her hands primly on the table. “I think I’m uncomfortable with this conversation.

  • The feigning sleeper can delude others he cannot delude himself. The false mystic, unfortunately, can delude both others and himself.

    Anthony De Mello (2012). “One Minute Wisdom”, p.149, Image
  • Most friendship is feigning, most loving mere folly.

    'As You Like It' (1599) act 2, sc. 7, l. 174
  • Blow, blow, thou winter wind Thou art not so unkind, As man's ingratitude.

    Art   Winter   Blow  
    'As You Like It' (1599) act 2, sc. 7, l. 174
  • It's one thing to be a high achiever; it's quite another to privately sneer at your girlfriend's friends after feigning friendliness because they have the "misfortune" to drive a bus for a living.

    "I Think She's in Love". Live chat, www.slate.com. February 2, 2016.
  • Not knowing a thing is not ignorance. Feigning knowledge you don't have can be--Sholto

  • O God, O God, how weary, stale, flat, and unprofitable seem to me all the uses of this world!

    God   Despair   Use  
    'Hamlet' (1601) act 1, sc. 2, l. 129
  • One can acquire some virtues by feigning them for a long time.

    Long   Virtue   Imitation  
    Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach (1994). “Aphorisms”, Ariadne Press (CA)
  • Hold out baits to entice the enemy. Feign disorder, and crush him.

    Crush   Art   War  
    Sun Tzu (2016). “The Art of War”, p.7, Xist Publishing
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