Hypocrisy is the outward acknowledgment of inward shame.
We would seldom be deceived by flattery, did our own conceit not promote the delusion.
I don't know anything about politics. Like, zero. Nothing.
It is the folly of weak-minded people, to imagine they are what flattery or conceit represents them; and that it is useless for them to be what they are not, since they seem already to have acquired the reputation of it.
Whenever I do theaters, I don't like 'em. I don't think they're right for stand-up.
I want you to buy this pit bull. This will protect your valuables.' I don't own anything very valuable. If I buy the pit bull, that would be the most valuable thing I own. I'd have to buy something to protect it then.