A Quote by David Mitchell
To fool a judge, feign fascination, but to bamboozle the whole court, feign boredom.
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All warfare is based on deception. Therefore, when capable, feign incapacity; when active, inactivity. When near, make it appear that you are far away; when far away, that you are to lure him; feign disorder and strike him. When he concentrates, prepare against him; where he is strong, avoid him. Anger his general and confuse him. Pretend inferiority and encourage his arrogance.
I do not feign hypotheses.
I feign no hypotheses.
It is harder to hide the feelings we have than to feign the ones we do not have.
I am vain, or once was, and one of my vanities was to feign that I was not.
You feign guilt in order to justify yourself.
Painting can feign reality without having seen it.
Tis sometimes the height of wisdom to feign stupidity.
When you have once gained sight, it is impossible to feign blindness.
It is impossible to feign mastery of an instrument, however skillful the impostor may be.
Hold out baits to entice the enemy. Feign disorder, and crush him.
Polite diseases make some idiots vain, Which, if unfortunately well, they feign.
Actually, in my own life I think I probably feign neuroses to be more interesting than I am.
One of the marks of a truly great mind, I had discovered, is the ability to feign stupidity on demand.
Something stopped me in school a little bit. Anything that I'm not interested in, I can't even feign interest.
Musical acts that feign enthusiasm for what they're doing the guitarist who jumps up and down, like it's choreographed are so transparently vacuous.
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