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
Beware of altruism. It is based on self-deception, the root of all evil. — Robert A. Heinlein Copy Share Image
“The truest way to be deceived is to think oneself more knowing than others.” — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
The most effective tool to promote deception is to clothe the deception in truth. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
One of the most hurtful events that we experience when a relationship ends is to know the fact that after you have… — David Kreger Copy Share Image
If someone is able to show me that what I think or do is not right, I will happily change, for I… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
...Why are all these masks winking?" Jason pointed around the room with his fork. The loremaster dabbed at his mouth with a… — Brandon Mull Copy Share Image
You said you'd always be there for me, but I guess that was just another one of your lies. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
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
People lie and they tell you what you want to hear. That's how you end up falling in love with the person… — Keren Zhims Copy Share Image
For me, the constitutive element of an affair is the secrecy. It is the secrecy that leads to the lying, to the… — Esther Perel Copy Share Image
“Although I notice there is never a truly good time to have a nice long chat with one´s mother-in-law, unless you are… — Suzanne Finnamore Copy Share Image
I would gladly chastise those who represent things as different from what they are. Those who steal property or make counterfeit money… — Elizabeth I Copy Share Image
The person who cannot laugh is not only ready for treason, and deceptions, their whole life is already a treason and deception. — Thomas Carlyle Copy Share Image
The Chinese general Sun Tzu said that all war was based on deception. Oscar Wilde said the same thing of romance. — Marco Tempest Copy Share Image
The belief that happiness has to be deserved has led to centuries of pain, guilt, and deception. So firmly have we clung… — Robert Holden Copy Share Image
The whole system of government needs remodeling & the failing system of capitalism needs replacing, reformation will fix neither & you know… — Deri Isaac Copy Share Image
Going to the draft, I took two years off to serve my church and my God. There were no secrets, there was… — Shawn Bradley Copy Share Image
If we go back to the beginnings of things, we shall always find that ignorance and fear created the gods; that imagination,… — Baron d'Holbach Copy Share Image
I'm really interested in self-deception. Really interested in how people live in bubble universes. How people can fail to see the seemingly… — Errol Morris Copy Share Image
Such letters...from the FDA, are, filled with objectively demonstrable lies, practiced deceptions and deviousness, red herrings, directed misinformation, misdirected information, etc. ...Once… — Dean Burk Copy Share Image
Every kind of peaceful cooperation among men is primarily based on mutual trust and only secondarily on institutions such as courts of… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
