ALDERMAN, n. An ingenious criminal who covers his secret thieving with a pretence of open marauding. - Ambrose Bierce
Jealousy: that Dragon which slays love under the pretence of keeping it alive. - Havelock Ellis
Sincerity is impossible, unless it pervades the whole being, and the pretence of it saps the very foundation of character. - James Russell Lowell
Don't pretend to be what you're not, instead, pretend to what you want to be, it is not pretence, it is a journey to self realization. - Michael Bassey Johnson
Stupidity is a pretence to know unkowns, where as learning is a solution - Wilson M. Mukama
Let your pretence of arrogance grow big as a Dinosaur, so that the fake intellectuals start to realize their true inferiority in front of you. - Abhijit Naskar
One thing about pretence is that you may not know when you leave what you call the real you behind. Pretend to be happy now and see for yourself. - Aniekee Tochukwu Ezekiel
Anything can become a children's book if you give it to a child...Children are actually the best (and worst) audience for literature because they have no patience with pretence. - Orson Scott Card