pharisee

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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

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

“Yes, and that was the way the publican came; but the pharisee covered up all his sins, being pleased and satisfied himself, and thinking that God would be pleased and satisfied with his acorns.”

From Caleb in the Country by Abbott, Jacob

His father was a Jew, a pharisee, and a man of respectable social position.

From Beacon Lights of History, Volume 02 Jewish Heroes and Prophets by Lord, John

Gordon chanced to come in that day and light upon Ernest, and the fury into which he worked himself ill beseemed so respectable a pharisee.

From Beatrice Boville and Other Stories by Ouida