Deceptions of the senses are the truths of perception.

But by far the greatest hindrance and aberration of the human understanding proceeds from the dullness, incompetency, and deceptions of the senses; in that…

— Francis Bacon

“The practice of deception is foolishness because the truth always eventually surfaces.”

— Hayley Solich

Fake it may be, lies and deceptions, but this is the world in which we find ourselves, and here we must make our little…

— Ian McDonald

We all have our secrets, and we all have our deceptions. Acting, at its best, is all about deceiving people, and this makes it…

— John Lithgow

“It's not unfortunate that people aren't genuine; what's unfortunate is that insincere people try to act sincere and in doing so, mislead and deceive…

— C. JoyBell C

Everything had been stripped of deceptions, that time. And that time I was afraid of everything.

— Antonio Porchia

We must be very suspicious of the deceptions of the element of time. It takes a good deal of time to eat or to…

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

“You say a name, but its not known to anyone. Either because that man died or because He was a celebrity on the banks…

— Czesław Miłosz

“Don’t be deceived by the spirit of complacency and think you have achieved enough. Try to become better than you’ve been.”

— Israelmore Ayivor

Such letters...from the FDA, are, filled with objectively demonstrable lies, practiced deceptions and deviousness, red herrings, directed misinformation, misdirected information, etc. ...Once FDA-NCI-AMA-ACS...concedes that…

— Dean Burk

“I thought to myself with what means, with what deceptions, with how many varied arts, with what industry a man sharpens his wits to…

— Francesco Vettori friend of Niccolò Machiavelli

“Though these all qualify as deceptions in Boswall's mind, they are not all necessarily bad. Boswall believes it's up to individual filmmakers to decide…

— Chris Palmer

“But I had learned deceptions could be uttered with a straight face, a warm smile might conceal malice, and that the most dangerous lies…

— Sue Lynn Tan

The most dire of all of life's grueling deceptions wedge themselves in in our minds between truth and perceptions.

— Wes Fesler

Dont get confused between flattery and kindness these are the new kind of deceptions.

— Chops