It is only hope which is real, and reality is a bitterness and a deceit. — William Makepeace Thackeray Copy Share Image
Deceit is the mark of evil. Even if the evil messenger does not appear in person, the test is the same. — John Andreas Widtsoe Copy Share Image
It is a war built on lies that has fanned the flames of international terrorism — Alex Salmond Copy Share Image
The surest way of making a dupe is to let your victim suppose you are his. — Bill Vaughan Copy Share Image
Urge him with truth to frame his fair replies And sure he will for Wisdom never lies. — Homer Copy Share Image
In olden times an enemy was sometimes poisoned by a bouquet,--deceit sugar-coated. — Hugh Latimer Copy Share Image
The US is a business-run huckster society, and its primary value is deceit. — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Lies will always be bitter in the end,no matter how sweet you made it at the beginning. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Brigan, could you attempt, at least, to make yourself presentable? I know this is a war, but the rest of us are… — Kristin Cashore Copy Share Image
Don't let my looks deceive you. I have the mouth of a sailor, the temper of an Italian housewife, and the tolerance… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
My wealth is health and perfect ease; My conscience clear my chief defence; I neither seek by bribes to please, Nor by… — Edward Dyer Copy Share Image
“no one is as they seem, and most of life, apart from honest betrayal, is lies and deceit. And the day we… — Jo Nesbø Copy Share Image
“She wasn't always a pillar of ice. Her warmth and good deeds were repaid with deceit and betrayal until little by little… — Donna Lynn Hope Copy Share Image
Politicians who wish to succeed must be prepared to dissemble, at times to lie. All deceit is bad. In politics some deceit… — Woodrow Wyatt Copy Share Image
The first step is to penetrate the clouds of deceit and distortion and learn the truth about the world, then to organize… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
It is my belief that nearly any invented quotation, played with confidence, stands a good chance to deceive. — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
He was no martyr. He was no hero But in the last two years, selfishness gave way to selflessness, lies gave way… — Lex Lasry Copy Share Image
Human life is thus only a perpetual illusion; men deceive and flatter each other. No one speaks of us in our presence… — Blaise Pascal Copy Share Image
We need to make a distinction between misled Iraqis, those who believe that they are carrying weapons to liberate Iraq from what… — Jalal Talabani Copy Share Image
It is perhaps accurate ... to describe the Daschle proposals as being 'Sex, Lies and No Videotape,' ... We insisted on a… — Slade Gorton Copy Share Image
You know nothing about Hope, that immortal, delicious maiden forever courted forever propitious, whom fools have called deceitful, as if it were… — George Eliot Copy Share Image
“If anger-pride-deceit-greed occur, let them occur. There is nothing wrong if you have thoughts of bad conduct, do not be afraid, however,… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
All the lies and evasions by which man has nourished himself civilization, in a word is the fruits of the creative artist.… — Henry Miller Copy Share Image
There comes a time when deceit and defiance must be seen for what they are. At that point, a gathering danger must… — Dick Cheney Copy Share Image
“Tell me you didn’t,” she groaned, knowing it would not be the truth. “Please tell me you didn’t take advantage of these… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“I am a cuddly atheist... I am against creationism being taught in schools because there is empirical evidence that it is a… — Jim Al-Khalili Copy Share Image
“Reality Check His lying is not contigent on who you are or what you do. His lying is not your fault. Lying… — Susan Forward Copy Share Image
“The dark leaden mask hides the devil with a soul of deceit, with his warm syrupy vacuous words coercing, enticing and grasping… — Alison Blackmore Copy Share Image
“There is no deception on the part of the woman, where a man bewilders himself: if he deludes his own wits, I… — John Gower Copy Share Image
Go back, go back to sleep. Yes, you are allowed. You who have no Love in your heart, you can go back… — Rumi Copy Share Image
“Knowing Tim was a sucker for logical deduction and facts, he would pursue that avenue to entice Tim to step into the… — Jasun Ether Copy Share Image
Though neither happiness nor respect are worth anything, because unless both are coming from the truest motives, they are simply deceits. A… — Richard Llewellyn Copy Share Image