It is quite as ignominious to allow oneself to be deceived as to deceive. — Christina, Queen of Sweden Copy Share Image
“You are enough to drive a saint to madness or a king to his knees.” — Grace Willows Copy Share Image
A man is sometimes better off deceived about the one he loves, than undeceived. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
I believe there is no source of deception in the investigation of nature which can compare with a fixed belief that certain… — William James Copy Share Image
The people that you thought were entirely perfect, usually turn out to be the ones with the most faults! — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Am not as good as I look. I have my flows and glows like everyone. Don't be deceived never judge me on… — Frank Matobo Copy Share Image
“What we are probably given is a mixture of truth and untruth. It's anybody's guess as to which part is which and… — Ira Levin Copy Share Image
There is no reason for deception and games. The process has started. Truth and openess are the only solution for healing. — Brian Dant Copy Share Image
“Nice words and nice appearance doesn't conclude that someone is nice, i believe that the nicer you look, the more deceptive you… — Michael Bassey Johnson Copy Share Image
Food, clothing and shelter — these are the basic needs. Beyond that, if you want anything, it is the beginning of self-deception. — U.G. Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
“He smiles, even attractive, but appearances are unreliable depictions of character.” — Emily R. King Copy Share Image
I became a virtuoso of deceit. It wasn't pleasure I was after, it was knowledge. I consulted the strictest moralists to learn… — Christopher Hampton Copy Share Image
Perhaps there are only a few women who experience without deception the overwhelming intoxication of the senses which they expectfrom their encounters… — Max Frisch Copy Share Image
The moment you begin a serious study of the scriptures, you will find greater power to resist temptation. You will find the… — Ezra Taft Benson Copy Share Image
Man can try to name love, showering upon it all the names at his command, and still he will involve himself in… — Carl Jung Copy Share Image
Our life-style contains more Thanatos than Eros, for egotism, exploitation, deception, obsession and addiction have more place in us than eroticism, joy,… — Germaine Greer Copy Share Image
“So it was a crossroads summer, when the universe seemed to stand perilously still like an egg wobbling on a precipice, a… — Sol Luckman Copy Share Image
To deceive gracefully is the very essence of social life. One must start by deceiving oneself, and make a lifelong practice of… — Elspeth Huxley Copy Share Image
“Anyone who has had anything to do with the higher diplomacy is aware that diplomatic language stands in a class by itself.… — P.G. Wodehouse Copy Share Image
Deception, flattering, lying, deluding, talking behind the back, putting up a false front, living in borrowed splendor, wearing a mask, hiding behind… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
“There is that, and there is also the Irreconcilable Differences line. It seems so catchall, so vague. You could say that about… — Suzanne Finnamore Copy Share Image
“Deception is the natural defence of the weak against the strong, and the South used it for many years against its conquerors;… — W.E.B. Du Bois Copy Share Image
“So many events and moments that seemed insignificant add up. I remember how for the last Valentine´s Day, N gave flowers but… — Suzanne Finnamore Copy Share Image
Nostalgia for people, cultures, everything. There's an ability to use these marks to note things that are erased, deleted. Traces are a… — Sergio Chejfec Copy Share Image
No one from the intelligence community, anyplace else ever came in and said, ‘What if Saddam is doing all this deception because… — Stephen Hadley Copy Share Image
“Sylph and Jodi return to my side, each carrying a cloth sack full of chickweed. I wrap my arm around Sylph's waist… — C.J. Redwine Copy Share Image
It is a fair adornment of a man and a great convenience both to himself and to all those with whom he… — Isaac Barrow Copy Share Image
“She heard him speak, but did not recognise the problem in his voice – only later did she realise it was that… — Carla H Krueger Copy Share Image
The art of a magician is not found in the simple deception, but in what surrounds it, the construction of a reality… — Jim Steinmeyer Copy Share Image
When I got back from shooting 'Deception,' I was under contract with NBC, so I can't really do anything. — Wes Brown Copy Share Image
“I am quite willing to admit that they are also a deception but right now I believe in them so much that… — Vladimir Nabokov Copy Share Image
Eyes never lie, but can be quite convincing. Your heart doesn't know how to betray. The brain masters the art of deception… — Anonymous Copy Share Image