That which deceives us and does us harm, also undeceives us and does us good. — Philibert Joseph Roux 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
Sadly, our values are fast eroding. Modesty and honesty are ridiculed. Deception and cheating are on the rise. May the Almighty protect… — Mufti Ismail Menk Copy Share Image
“A lifestyle of deception is hard to keep up if your clones aren’t willing to participate.” — Jarod Kintz Copy Share Image
Deceit and violence - these are the two forms of deliberate assault on human beings. — Sissela Bok Copy Share Image
My landscapes are not only beautiful or nostalgic, with a Romantic or classical suggestion of lost Paradises, but above all 'untruthful'... — Gerhard Richter Copy Share Image
It is self-love and its offspring self-deception, which shut the gates of heaven, and lead men, as if in a delicious dream,… — Christian Scriver Copy Share Image
Some people are so much afraid of being deceived, that they never venture to trust; like misers, their avarice destroys their gain. — Norm MacDonald Copy Share Image
Humans are startlingly bad at detecting fraud. Even when we're on the lookout for signs of deception, studies show, our accuracy is… — Maria Konnikova Copy Share Image
The monster likes to talk; he jumps into your head and opens your mouth, making it spout your deepest darkest deceptions. Making… — Ellen Hopkins Copy Share Image
“Once we comprehend the evolutionary function of deception, we stand better equipped to understand why it happens, when it is likely to… — Ptera Hunter Copy Share Image
Adults find pleasure in deceiving a child. They consider it necessary, but they also enjoy it. The children very quickly figure it… — Elias Canetti Copy Share Image
If deceiving the eye were the only business of the art... the minute painter would be more apt to succeed. But it… — Joshua Reynolds Copy Share Image
Wisdom is looking at life from God's point of view. You look at life's difficulties and tests as God looks at them.… — Charles R. Swindoll Copy Share Image
“He could have a break at last, albeit a short one, one he sorely needed. And with that appealing thought he further… — Marcha A. Fox Copy Share Image
Self-deception is so far from impossible that it is one of the most ordinary phenomena with which we are acquainted. Nothing is… — William Godwin Copy Share Image
“I know that stating these facts can be painful or even enraging to some women who have not breastfed their children, but… — Gabrielle Palmer Copy Share Image
“Who would appreciate such candor? No one. None of us really likes honesty. We prefer deception –but only when it is unabashedly… — William Bonner Copy Share Image
Bayle, when writing on "Comets," discovered this; for having collected many things applicable to his work, as they stood quoted in some… — Isaac D'Israeli Copy Share Image
Just because somebody flirts with you, doesnt mean they like you. Just because somebody likes you, doesnt mean they want to go… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“The keepers would give the gorillas an assortment of fruits and vegetables each afternoon, and on this particular occasion, Judy Sievert tossed… — Eugene Linden Copy Share Image
Why do most great pictures look uncontrived? Why do photographers bother with the deception, especially since it so often requires the hardest… — Robert Adams Copy Share Image
“This monograph by Special Agent Ken Lanning (1992) is merely a guide for those who may investigate this phenomenon, as the title… — Pamela Sue Perskin Copy Share Image
It is Toussaint's supreme merit that while he saw European civilisation as a valuable and necessary thing, and strove to lay its… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Police have both extra constraints and extra permissions - on the one hand, they can't dodge involvement in social disorder as the… — John Kleinig Copy Share Image
