“Autocratic governments are masters of self-contradiction. They say one thing, do another.”
Source: On the Steel Breeze (2013), Chapter 22 (p. 253)
“Saying is one thing and doing is another.”
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Michel De Montaigne
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Essays
Book II, Ch. 31
Essais (1595), Book II
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Pope Francis
(1936) 266th Pope of the Catholic Church
Homily at the morning Mass at the Casa Santa Marta (23 February 2017), as quoted in "Pope: Don't put off conversion, give up a double life" at Vatican Radio (23 February 2017) http://en.radiovaticana.va/news/2017/02/23/pope_dont_put_off_conversion,_give_up_a_double_life/1294470; also quoted in "Did Pope Francis Say It Was Better to Be an Atheist Than a Bad Catholic? at snopes.com (28 February) http://www.snopes.com/pope-francis-bad-catholics/
2010s, 2017
Context: What is scandal? Scandal is saying one thing and doing another; it is a double life, a double life. A totally double life: "I am very Catholic, I always go to Mass, I belong to this association and that one; but my life is not Christian, I don’t pay my workers a just wage, I exploit people, I am dirty in my business, I launder money …" A double life. And so many Christians are like this, and these people scandalize others. How many times have we heard — all of us, around the neighborhood and elsewhere — "but to be a Catholic like that, it’s better to be an atheist." It is that, scandal. You destroy. You beat down. And this happens every day, it’s enough to see the news on TV, or to read the papers. In the papers there are so many scandals, and there is also the great publicity of the scandals. And with the scandals there is destruction.
“You won't do our things with another girl, or say the same things, will you?”
Source: A Farewell to Arms
Cesare Pavese
(1908–1950) Italian poet, novelist, literary critic, and translator
This Business of Living (1935-1950)
“Exquisite nature, daydreams, and music say one thing, real life another.”
Anton Chekhov
(1860–1904) Russian dramatist, author and physician
In a Native Corner or At Home (1897)
“You know that there is a time to do one thing and another time to enjoy it.”
Doris Veillette
(1935–2019) Quebec journalist
Chronicle "Interdit aux hommes" (Forbidden to men), by Doris Veillette-Hamel, Journal Le Nouvelliste, January 4, 1971, page 18.
Chronicle "Forbidden to men", 1971
George W. Bush
(1946) 43rd President of the United States
Interview with Matt Lauer http://www.nbcnews.com/video/nbc-news/40073863#40074094 (2010), aired 8 November 2010.
2010s, 2010, Interview with Matt Lauer (November 2010)
Context: Yes I do, he called me a racist... That's saying he's a racist. I didn't appreciate it then and I don't appreciate it now. It's one thing to say, you know, I don't appreciate the way he's handled his business. It's another thing to say this man's a racist. I resent it. It's not true, and it's one of the most disgusting moments of my presidency.