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You never come right out and admit you have stretched the rules for yo — Hypocrisy

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"You never come right out and admit you have stretched the rules for your own benefit. You do it and shut up about it, and hope you dont get caught, because if you are caught no one—or no one who has any sense—will come forward and say he has done the same thing himself."
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Hypocrisy is the practice of feigning what one is not or professing what one does not believe. The word "hypocrisy" entered the English language c. 1200 with the meaning "the sin of pretending to virtue or goodness". Today, "hypocrisy" often refers to advocating behaviors that one does not practice. However, the term can also refer to other forms of pretense, such as engaging in pious or moral beh