The Relation we bear to the Wisdom of the Father the Son of His Love gives us indeed a dignity which otherwise we have no pretence to. It makes us something something considerable even in God's Eyes.

Jealousy that dragon which slays love under the pretence of keeping it alive.

The Chinese art world does not exist. In a society that restricts individual freedoms and violates human rights anything that calls itself creative or independent is a pretence. It is impossible for a totalitarian society to create anything with passion and imagination.

If we can but prevent the government from wasting the labours of the people under the pretence of taking care of them they must become happy.

In England literary pretence is more universal than elsewhere from our method of education.

Others indeed may talk and write and fight about liberty and make an outward pretence to it but the free-thinker alone is truly free.