Only one deception is possible in the infinite sense, self-deception. — Soren Kierkegaard 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 secret of success is sincerity. Once you can fake that, you've got it made. — Jean Giraudoux Copy Share Image
People always overdo the matter when they attempt deception. — Charles Dudley Warner Copy Share Image
When you start to realise how much of what you've constructed of yourself is based on deception and lies, that is a… — Jordan Peterson Copy Share Image
Roland had taught him that self-deception was nothing but pride in disguise, an indulgence to be denied. — Stephen King Copy Share Image
This, the language of deception, we both understand. We were born to it, along with the curses. — Holly Black Copy Share Image
“He did not know what it meant to lie or that soon he would lie to the very woman teaching him the… — Erika Swyler Copy Share Image
So long as it stays within the rules of the game, which is to say, engages in open and free competition without… — Milton Friedman Copy Share Image
A smile can hide the truth, the mouth can whisper lies, but the eyes always reveal what's hidden below the surface! — Nishan Panwar Copy Share Image
Judgment consists not in seeing through deceptions and evil intentions, but in being able to awaken the decency dormant in every person. — Eric Hoffer Copy Share Image
Theres no sense in leading a person on if you already know it isnt going to work out. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The American people, Neil, are sick and tired of excuses. They are sick and tired of the blame game. And they're sick… — Herman Cain Copy Share Image
deception and 'con games' are a way of life in all species and throughout nature. Organisms that do not improve their ability… — Harriet Lerner Copy Share Image
“James Reston, Jr.: You know the first and greatest sin of the deception of television is that it simplifies; it diminishes, great… — Peter Morgan Copy Share Image
Many of my fellow atheists consider all talk of 'spirituality' or 'mysticism' to be synonymous with mental illness, conscious fraud, or self-deception.… — Sam Harris Copy Share Image
Euphemisms, like fashions, have their day and pass, perhaps to return at another time. Like the guests at a masquerade ball, they… — Freda Adler 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 the police do not use deception to persuade you to make an outright confession, they might persuade you to give them… — James Duane Copy Share Image
In 2004, I wrote 'What We've Lost,' a book about the Bush administration. It sold only reasonably well, in part, I think,… — Graydon Carter Copy Share Image
“Lies come in many forms, ranging from slight exaggerations and likely excuses to complete fabrications. Their primary motivations are self-protection and self-exaltation.… — Beth Moore Copy Share Image
These are all cases of proved or presumptive baloney. A deception arises, sometimes innocently but collaboratively, sometimes with cynical premeditation. Usually the… — Carl Sagan Copy Share Image
There are people who lie like a great painter painting a masterpiece or a great author writing his or her greatest novel.… — Eugene Nathaniel Butler 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
A lot of people experience the world with the same incredulity as when a magician pulls a rabbit out of a hat.…We… — Jostein Gaarder Copy Share Image
Most of our platitudes notwithstanding, self-deception remains the most difficult deception. The tricks that work on others count for nothing in that… — Joan Didion Copy Share Image
“Thus Epicurus also, when he designs to destroy the natural fellowship of mankind, at the same time makes use of that which… — Epictetus Copy Share Image
Truth always rests with the minority, and the minority is always stronger than the majority, because the minority is generally formed by… — Soren Kierkegaard Copy Share Image
We often shed tears that deceive ourselves after deceiving others. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
You have the economic vocabulary turning into vocabulary of deception. — Michael Hudson Copy Share Image
