1.
The tyrant will always find a pretext for his tyranny.
Aesop
2.
The enemy is only a pretext to test our strength
Paulo Coelho
4.
A text without a context is a pretext for a proof text.
D. A. Carson
5.
Religious fundamentalism, even before it eliminates human beings by perpetrating horrendous killings, eliminates God himself, turning him into a mere ideological pretext.
Pope Francis
6.
What we believe to be the motives of our conduct are usually but the pretexts for it.
Miguel de Unamuno
7.
In a thing, they can create a pretext coined hundreds of excuses , but the truth is only one.
Khem Veasna
8.
He who wishes to injure another, will soon find a pretext.
Publilius Syrus