The assumption that seeing is believing makes us susceptible to visual deception. — Kathleen Hall Jamieson Copy Share Image
“Intelligence is built on deception. Trust nothing. Not even the mirror.” — Manreet Sodhi Someshwar Copy Share Image
A resolution never to deceive exposes a man to be often deceived. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
“Not all light is good. There is negative light, that can cast bad shadows.” — Anthony Liccione Copy Share Image
Love is beautiful, A beautiful deception. One falls in it To deceive the other — Amit Abraham Copy Share Image
The one charm of marriage is that it makes a life of deception absolutely necessary for both parties. — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
self-sacrifice is one of a woman's seven deadly sins (along with self-abuse, self-loathing, self-deception, self-pity, self-serving, and self-immolation). — Sarah Ban Breathnach Copy Share Image
Not to be, but to seem, virtuous - it is a formula whose utility we all discovered in the nursery. — C. S. Lewis Copy Share Image
I fooled everyone with a huge smile, for years and years. I never showed anyone my tears. — Francine Chiar Copy Share Image
“In a competition for mates, a well developed capacity for self-deception is an advantage, The same is true in politics and other… — John N. Gray Copy Share Image
Sometimes terror and pain are not the best levers; deception, when it works, is the most elegant and the least expensive manipulation… — Vernor Vinge Copy Share Image
Only fools imagine they are already awake. How clearly they understand everything! How easily they distinguish this deception from that reality! — Zhuangzi Copy Share Image
“In the theatre of deception, where shadows shift and alliances waver, the most challenging mask to unveil is the one that mirrors… — Abdulhamid Ali Copy Share Image
“If misinformation is inaccurate information, and disinformation is deliberate falsehoods — what's a simple way to remember the difference? 'Mis' for mistake,… — Stewart Stafford Copy Share Image
If people are innately saddled with certain sins and flaws, like selfishness, prejudice, sort-sightedness, and self-deception, then political reform would seem to… — Steven Pinker Copy Share Image
Self-deception is so far from impossible that it is one of the most ordinary phenomena with which we are acquainted. Nothing is… — William Godwin Copy Share Image
“I know that stating these facts can be painful or even enraging to some women who have not breastfed their children, but… — Gabrielle Palmer Copy Share Image
If deceiving the eye were the only business of the art... the minute painter would be more apt to succeed. But it… — Joshua Reynolds Copy Share Image
Wisdom is looking at life from God's point of view. You look at life's difficulties and tests as God looks at them.… — Charles R. Swindoll Copy Share Image
“He could have a break at last, albeit a short one, one he sorely needed. And with that appealing thought he further… — Marcha A. Fox Copy Share Image
in politics as in life, what is known is not necessarily what is believed, what is shown is not necessarily what is… — Kathleen Hall Jamieson Copy Share Image
Those who know in their hearts that they are not really necessary -- and are entirely replaceable-- must inevitably be tempted to… — Charles le Gai Eaton Copy Share Image
Homo religiosus invents religious symbols, which he venerates and worships to save him from facing the finality of his death and dissolution.… — Paul Kurtz Copy Share Image
That's the old AA maxim, "Always have a drink in your hand and you'll never want a drink." That's one of the… — Clancy Martin Copy Share Image
“was emotionally true because I had already grown to feel that there existed men against whom I was powerless, men who could… — Richard Wright Copy Share Image
“Once this bubble of self-deception is burst and the mask that shielded her and others from what she wished to ignore is… — Susan Weitzman Copy Share Image
“All the time when I speak to you, even now, I'm saying not precisely what I think, but what will impress you… — Iris Murdoch Copy Share Image
“In my client who had confessed her “alien abduction” experience, an alter had been instructed that if she began to remember the… — Alison Miller Copy Share Image
Washington has become our Versailles. We are ruled, entertained, and informed by courtiers -- and the media has evolved into a class… — Chris Hedges Copy Share Image
Only one deception is possible in the infinite sense, self-deception. — Soren Kierkegaard Copy Share Image
“Hope distracts you from pain - it's pain with red lipstick on to seduce you.” — Kevin James Moore Copy Share Image
“We must be careful more than ever what we let our hearts believe in.” — Solange nicole Copy Share Image
While all deception requires secrecy, all secrecy is not meant to deceive. — Sissela Bok Copy Share Image
