The reason we bitterly hate those who deceive us is because they think they are cleverer than we are. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
Sadly, our values are fast eroding. Modesty and honesty are ridiculed. Deception and cheating are on the rise. May the Almighty protect… — Mufti Ismail Menk Copy Share Image
Deceit is a kind of garment that conceals the soul. It might even be compared to a whole wardrobe, so many are… — Maria Montessori Copy Share Image
“When the energy in the room doesn't feel right, probably, it's not right. But sometimes it's also because of you.” — Mitta Xinindlu Copy Share Image
When a liar became too skilled at deception, he could lose the ability to discern truth, and could himself be more easily… — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
“It is interesting to me how technology has in many ways facilitated and refined the practice of deception” — Suzanne Rindell Copy Share Image
“Betrayal annihilates trust. The more trust there is to begin with, and the more deception is involved, the more damage is done.” — Sandra Lee Dennis Copy Share Image
How poetic you are," she said. "I've a notion that poetry is the highest form of self-deception. — Gregory Maguire Copy Share Image
I think there is a good reason why the propaganda system works that way. It recognizes that the public will not support… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Men are inconsolable concerning the treachery of their friends or the deceptions of their enemies; and yet they are often very highly… — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
This is the real tragedy of mankind, that until now the spirit of man has not been able to free itself, even… — Phyllis Bottome Copy Share Image
Rise above the deceptions and temptations of the mind. This is your duty. Learn to become wise. Desire nothing, give up all… — Sivananda Copy Share Image
No satisfaction based upon self-deception is solid, and however unpleasant the truth may be, it is better to face it once and… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
What I've learned from fighting is that the lights in side the cage will tell everything you did or did not do… — Walel Watson Copy Share Image
The habit of employing self-deception to maintain one's self esteem has often become so ingrained that the first step to developing accurate… — Bhikkhu Analayo Copy Share Image
Consciousness is a singular of which the plural is unknown. There is only one thing and that which seems to be a… — Erwin Schrodinger Copy Share Image
Each time the losses and deceptions of life teach us about impermanence, they bring us closer to the truth. When you fall… — Sogyal Rinpoche Copy Share Image
A stand in is a politician who can deliver her constituency to her Wall Street backers. That's what a politician does in… — Michael Hudson Copy Share Image
“Deception can be seen as dark when it is carried out with either a negative or indifferent intention toward the person being… — Michael Pace Copy Share Image
If, after a rigid examination, it be found an imposition, it should be extensively published to the world as such; the evidences… — Orson Pratt Copy Share Image
Men were considered "free" only so that they might be considered guilty - could be judged and punished: consequently, every act had… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
“Airborne forces employed the first large-scale deception maneuver at exercises held at the Bergen Training Area in July 1939. Oberstleutnant Heidrich had… — Frank Kurowski Copy Share Image
Smuggle out the truth, pass it through all the obstacles that its enemies fabricate; multiply, spread by all means possible her message… — Maximilien Robespierre Copy Share Image
I am here to determine my relationship. Simon goggled. She couldn't be talking about him. Could she? Do you see that man?… — Shalini Copy Share Image
“You are enough to drive a saint to madness or a king to his knees Excerpt from To Kiss a King by… — Grace Willows Copy Share Image
Investors are sometimes too busy looking for profits to notice where the truth ends and the deception begins. — Andrew Ross Sorkin Copy Share Image
Your mind will play tricks on you and your eyes will deceive you.. But your heart will always tell you the truth. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Its funny when people recently change their attitude to gain entrance into your heart, which may only ignite your passion to close… — Michael Bassey Johnson Copy Share Image
Deceivers are the most dangerous members of society. They trifle with the best affections of our nature, and violate the most sacred… — George Crabbe Copy Share Image
Honesty is the best policy. Unless, of course, you're posting a Facebook Profile picture. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Kitsch is the most pernicious of all prisons. The bars are covered with the gold of simplistic, unreal feelings, so that you… — Pascal Mercier Copy Share Image
With extramarital courtship, the deception was prolonged where it had been ephemeral, necessary where it had been frivolous, conspiratorial where it had… — Mary McCarthy Copy Share Image
Acting is a form of deception, and actors can mesmerize themselves almost as easily as an audience. — Leo Rosten Copy Share Image
It may be that the deep necessity of art is the examination of individual's and society's self-deception. — Robert Motherwell Copy Share Image
Deception, machination and mendacity lie at the core of human intelligence, like worms coiled at the core of a apple — Mark Rowlands Copy Share Image
Sometimes your heart can be your worst enemy because it can and sometimes will deceive you. — Tanaisha Hicks Copy Share Image
“felt the depth of my deception. What had happened to my self-respect? My integrity?” — Diane Chamberlain Copy Share Image
Novel-writing is a bit like deception. You lie as little as you possibly can. That's the way I do it, anyway. — Joseph O'Neill Copy Share Image
“Faith has always struck him as either a tremendous gift or an appalling deception, depending on whether there’s a God or not.” — nick harkaway Copy Share Image
All possible means were used by the infatuated parents to conclude the bargain; and deception put an end to these usual artifices. — Adelbert von Chamisso Copy Share Image
