Karen DeCrow

Operas elucidate, in a way sometimes absent in other theatrical productions, the very human fact that in every hero, there is a thread of duplicity. In every villain, there is another side to consider: We don't have to like him or her, but we are compelled to think about motivation.

American Activist

F. Sionil Jose

In a much larger sense, the problem of Sabah is directly influenced by the duplicity of imperial Britain. For whatever devious reason, the dismantling of the British empire created divisions and violence due to ethnic and religious differences.

Filipino Writer

Mark Fisher

Christopher Nolan's 'The Prestige' is an enthralling study of doubles, doubling and duplicity. Its twinned themes are obsession and the Secret: the Secret as objet-a, that which inspires, but which can never satisfy, obsession.

British Writer

George W. Romney

Extremism in defense of liberty is not a vice, but I denounce political extremism, of the left or the right, based on duplicity, falsehood, fear, violence and threats when they endanger liberty.

American Politician

Asma Jahangir

Duplicity in matters of religion is not confined to Pakistan, but it hurts the most in societies where debate on religion is asphyxiated and preachers of hate have become keepers of faith.

Pakistani Activist

Claud Cockburn

A wartime Minister of Information is compelled, in the national interest, to such continuous acts of duplicity that even his natural hair must grow to resemble a wig.

British Journalist

Tom Tancredo

If voters' anger is the hallmark of the 2016 campaign, nothing has generated that anger as much as the establishment's decade-long duplicity on immigration.

Charles Caleb Colton

Nothing so completely baffles one who is full of trick and duplicity himself, than straightforward and simple integrity in another.

English Writer

Blaise Pascal

We are only falsehood, duplicity, contradiction; we both conceal and disguise ourselves from ourselves.

French Philosopher

Honore de Balzac

A flow of words is a sure sign of duplicity.

French Novelist

Duplicity implies a bad quality, similar to lying or betraying someone's trust.

Negative Connotation

Use 'duplicity' in situations when someone intentionally hides the truth.

Cautious Usage

'Duplicity' is not the same as an honest mistake; it involves deliberate deceit.

Not a Mistake

In psychology, 'duplicity' may refer to dual thinking or a split in a person's perspective.

Psychological Term

When someone is 'two-faced', they present one side favorably while hiding another.

Dual Meanings

Authors use 'duplicity' to create complex characters with hidden motives.

Literary Use

 them that I am a repository of transnational conflict have you ever endured the duplicity of feeling like both victim and convict have you ever enjoy the shame of in a classroom mixing your words with your