Perhaps the greatest self-deceit is to tell ourselves that we can be self-sufficient. — Joseph Stowell Copy Share Image
No mask like open truth to cover lies, As to go naked is the best disguise. — William Congreve Copy Share Image
Some things are apparent. Where government moves in, community retreats, civil society disintegrates and our ability to control our own destiny atrophies.… — Janice Rogers Brown Copy Share Image
When I consider life, 't is all a cheat. Yet fool'd with hope, men favour the deceit; Trust on, and think to-morrow… — John Dryden Copy Share Image
“When Ngozi opened her eyes, she had a split second of disorientation. Where was this dazzling, airy room? Heaven? No, East Legon… — Kwei Quartey Copy Share Image
I do care a great deal about the environment but my real work and my greatest challenge is trying to overcome deceits… — Erin Brockovich Copy Share Image
It is a war built on lies that has fanned the flames of international terrorism — Alex Salmond Copy Share Image
Satan represents indulgence, instead of abstinence! Satan represents vital existence, instead of spiritual pipe dreams! Satan represents undefiled wisdom, instead of hypocritical… — Anton Szandor LaVey Copy Share Image
Men, like musical instruments, seem made to be played upon. — Christian Nestell Bovee Copy Share Image
Friendship is by its very nature freer of deceit than any other relationship we can know because it is the bond least… — Francine du Plessix Gray Copy Share Image
Freudism and all it has tainted with its grotesque implications and methods, appear to me to be one of the vilest deceits… — Vladimir Nabokov Copy Share Image
When a lion stalks a herd, he sneaks in close, lies down, and surveys them to choose his victim. He takes his… — Ilona Andrews Copy Share Image
What bothers me is that Jim Bakker lies. Jim Bakker knows for a fact that I was virgin. — Jessica Hahn Copy Share Image
A person who seeks for sense of gratitude from others is the person who doesnt know how to apply it to his… — Amy Pulumbarit Copy Share Image
Lies are neither bad nor good. Like a fire they can either keep you warm or burn you to death, depending on… — Max Brooks Copy Share Image
In a world full of war, famine, oppression, deceit, monotony, what—apart from the eternal innocence of animals—offers an image of hope? A… — Harry Mulisch Copy Share Image
I also realized that the philosophers, far from ridding me of my vain doubts, only multiplied the doubts that tormented me and… — Jean-Jacques Rousseau Copy Share Image