the old fellow seemed to spot deceit as if it reeked like a goat. — Margery Allingham Copy Share Image
“We must be careful more than ever what we let our hearts believe in.” — Solange nicole Copy Share Image
“Hope distracts you from pain - it's pain with red lipstick on to seduce you.” — Kevin James Moore Copy Share Image
While all deception requires secrecy, all secrecy is not meant to deceive. — Sissela Bok Copy Share Image
“Take me now, God!" I shout to the inky sky. "I´m ready." "You´re not ready. You´re not even divorced yet," Bunny says.… — Suzanne Finnamore Copy Share Image
“I saw you before. All your flaws, your imperfections. Your body’s going to a lot of trouble to hide something, something inside… — Shaun Hick Copy Share Image
Judging by appearances is a huge mistake, because what we see in people is what they choose to show. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
In itself, the practice of deception is not particularly exacting; it is a matter of experience, of professional expertise, it is a… — John le Carre Copy Share Image
“Some people in orthodox churches in Africa take poverty as a path that leads to heaven, making christianity look unattractive.” — Michael Bassey Johnson Copy Share Image
Deception is a sort of seduction. In love and war, adultery and espionage, deceit can only succeed if the deceived party is… — Ben Macintyre Copy Share Image
“Looks sure can be deceiving: not every ‘ugly’ person is a ‘bad’ person (or is guilty of whatever it is that they… — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
“The fact that I can get away with something is the very reason why I shouldn’t do it.” — Craig D. Lounsbrough Copy Share Image
“Because deception requires both bold lies and lies of omission, it stains the soul, muddies the conscience, blurs the vision, and puts… — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
“Though the trials of life are never easy, someone to stand with you and help you with your burdens is one of… — Micheal Rivers 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
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
“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
“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
“Even without newfangled brain technologies, some forms of deception might become harder to practice thanks to increased availability of many kinds of… — Nick Bostrom Copy Share Image
If, after a rigid examination, it be found an imposition, it should be extensively published to the world as such; the evidences… — Orson Pratt Copy Share Image
“In my client who had confessed her “alien abduction” experience, an alter had been instructed that if she began to remember the… — Alison Miller Copy Share Image
“All the time when I speak to you, even now, I'm saying not precisely what I think, but what will impress you… — Iris Murdoch Copy Share Image
“Once this bubble of self-deception is burst and the mask that shielded her and others from what she wished to ignore is… — Susan Weitzman Copy Share Image
Washington has become our Versailles. We are ruled, entertained, and informed by courtiers -- and the media has evolved into a class… — Chris Hedges Copy Share Image
I have begun drafting a memorandum for the prosecuting authorities, together with all evidence necessary to establish not only the existence of… — Christopher Monckton, 3rd Viscount Monckton of Brenchley Copy Share Image
“All war is based in deception (cfr. Sun Tzu, “The Art of War”). Definition of deception: “The practice of deliberately making somebody… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“I am not afraid of people who say all the wrong things that make others gasp in disbelief. I am afraid of… — C. JoyBell C Copy Share Image
“The power of His gentleness..In the Eye of Deception - This is my story.” — Nikki Rosen Copy Share Image
You are never so easily fooled as when trying to fool someone else. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
Don't be afraid of the enemy that fights you, but the fake friend that hugs you. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The low minded are fond of deception the nature of low-minded people never changes. — Chanakya Copy Share Image
It is as easy to unknowingly deceive yourself as it is to deceive others. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image