pharisee

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God was pleased with the publican, because he confessed his sins honestly; but he was displeased with the pharisee, because he came boasting of his good deeds.”

From Caleb in the Country by Abbott, Jacob

His whole heart would respond to the cry of sad publican or despairing pharisee, 'How am I to be good?'

From Unspoken Sermons Series I., II., and II. by MacDonald, George

More than any other fetish it has ruined our sense of political values by glorifying the pharisee with his vain cruelty to individuals and his unfounded approval of himself.

From A Preface to Politics by Lippmann, Walter

This temper, and its opposite, are exemplified in the pharisee and publican, who went up to the temple to pray.

From Sermons on Various Important Subjects by Lee, Andrew

“Yes; but, grandmother, if the pharisee really was a good man, it wasn't right for him to thank God for it?”

From Caleb in the Country by Abbott, Jacob