The most effective tool to promote deception is to clothe the deception in truth. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Only one deception is possible in the infinite sense, self-deception. — Soren Kierkegaard Copy Share Image
I'd sacrificed true love and a popped cherry to the god of deception and hormones." - Zoey Redbird (Ch 24) — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“The mind of man can only teach what he has learned from others. It is how you use that knowledge that will… — Micheal Rivers Copy Share Image
“Lie, illusion, deception, she said--was that it truly, the universal language we all speak?” — Cynthia Ozick Copy Share Image
“To deceive oneself is worse than to deceive others." These harsh words pierced me to the core.” — Shinichi Suzuki Copy Share Image
The two biggest self-deceptions of all are that life has a 'meaning'and each of us is unique. — David Byrne 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
“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
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
“This is why people learn to pretend to be friends with people they don’t actually like, to buy things they don’t actually… — Mark Manson Copy Share Image
“All too often, we mask truth in artifice, concealing ourselves for fear of losing the ones we love or prolonging a deception… — Emily Thorne 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
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
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
In the last few years, the very idea of telling the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth is dredged… — Michael Musto Copy Share Image
“I love you too much to let you pretend that you’re something you’re not. And while there might be a lot of… — Craig D. Lounsbrough Copy Share Image
The cunningest dissimulation is when a man pretends to be caught in the traps others set for him; and a man is… — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
“Most of the time, we see only what we want to see, or what others tell us to see, instead of really… — Suzy Kassem Copy Share Image
“A deception arises, sometimes innocently but collaboratively, sometimes with cynical premeditation. Usually the victim is caught up in a powerful emotion -… — Carl Sagan Copy Share Image
“Later, when she sees the photographs for the first time, she will be surprised at how calm her face looks - how… — Anita Shreve Copy Share Image
“The fact that he does not tell me the truth all the time makes me not sure of his truth at certain… — Lydia Davis Copy Share Image
“Should it happen, that your partner leaves you for someone else with more money. To where later you strike it richer than… — Anthony Liccione Copy Share Image
“It remains, as ever, an axiom of conventional wisdom that the use of propaganda as a means of social and ideological control… — Alex Carey Copy Share Image
“That ridiculous little performance of yours should not have worked,” Jackaby said. “You don’t have to tell me that.” I glanced back… — William Ritter Copy Share Image
The bourgeoisie, which far surpasses the proletariat in the completeness and irreconcilibility of its class consciousness, is vitally interested in imposing its… — Leon Trotsky Copy Share Image
“Misdirection. False signals. Spreading confusion. This is the Tao of deception.” — David Ignatius Copy Share Image
“Today is the best time to confront the lies that your yesterday is telling you.” — Craig D. Lounsbrough Copy Share Image
A 'no' does not hide anything, but a 'yes' very easily becomes a deception. — Soren Kierkegaard Copy Share Image