All warfare is based on deception. There is no place where espionage is not used. Offer the enemy bait to lure him. — Sun Tzu Copy Share Image
“People wear masks in the light because true happiness are the agents of deception and delusion.” — Lionel Suggs Copy Share Image
Self-deceit is a most damaging trait. The remedy, for an artist, is to paint a self-portrait! — Scott Kahn Copy Share Image
“All those who are not straightforward (frank and forthright) in this world are full of deception.” — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
Everything about the left is perception, manipulation, and lies. Everything. Everything is 'Wag the Dog.' Everything is a structured deception. — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
He who desires anything but God deceives himself, and he who loves anything but God errs miserably. — Philip Neri Copy Share Image
All in Dali is indeed contrived, a brilliant illustration of his own psyche as he understands it, as opposed to how it… — Wendy Beckett Copy Share Image
We live in imaginary, virtual worlds created by corporations that profit from our deception. — Chris Hedges Copy Share Image
“I love you as the mother of my child": the kiss of death. Mother of His Child: demotion. I am beginning to… — Suzanne Finnamore Copy Share Image
Rise above the deceptions and temptations of the mind. This is your duty. You are born for this only; all other duties… — Sivananda Copy Share Image
“A man who lives apart, not to others but alone, is exposed to obvious psychological dangers. In itself, the practice of deception… — John le Carré Copy Share Image
The broad outlines of the Double Cross deception have been known since 1972, when Sir John Masterman, the former chairman of the… — Ben Macintyre Copy Share Image
“When the dead departed, they took away any falsehoods that they might have allowed us to believe while alive; we who are… — Yiyun Li Copy Share Image
If I had had to write only about imaginary people, I would have had to close up my typewriter. I wrote about… — William Maxwell Copy Share Image
“People need to remember that a man who is deceptive deceives by hiding that he is deceptive. He is not going to… — Suzy Kassem Copy Share Image
Another false philosophy that appeals to the Mr. Hyde side of our natures is that peeking into pornography is harmless. This is… — James E. Faust Copy Share Image
“Quite possibly the only infinite power in the universe may be the human capacity for self-deception.” — Michel Templet Copy Share Image
“Lies are like anchovies in a Caesar salad. You may not be able to see them, but your soul knows they are… — Molly Friedenfeld Copy Share Image
Public relations is at best promotion or manipulation, at worst evasion and outright deception. What it is never about is a free… — Heather Brooke Copy Share Image
When you lie, think about how you are hurting the other person. Always be honest. I would rather be hurt with the… — Nishan Panwar Copy Share Image
Time passes and you begin to see, people for who they really are and not who they pretend to be. — Scarlet Koop Copy Share Image
A kiss is a charming deception planned by scenery to stop speech when words become excessive. — Spawasagir Copy Share Image
You can fool people for a while. But generally, in the long-run, you're the only one that ends up being fooled. — T Jay Taylor Copy Share Image
This was no ordinary UFO. Scores of people saw it. It was no illusion, no deception, no imagination. — Azim Daudpota Copy Share Image
Some have lives that resemble an immaculate mansion or the latest high-end car, but once you look behind the mansion you see… — Eugene Nathaniel Butler Copy Share Image
Certainly, it seems true enough that there's a good deal of irony in the world... I mean, if you live in a… — Kenneth Koch Copy Share Image
Insight into character comes from listening intently to the spoken word. The physical person, their charisma, charm and dramatic flair is more… — Maximillian Degenerez Copy Share Image
“In every age it has been the tyrant, the oppressor and the exploiter who has wrapped himself in the cloak of patriotism,… — Eugene Victor Debs Copy Share Image
If your educe sculpture to the flat plane of the temporal experience of the work. (...) the experience of the work is… — Richard Serra Copy Share Image
You have but little more to do than throw up your cap for entertainment these American days… Farmers' sons will stare by… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
The instinct for self-deception in human beings makes them try to banish from their minds dangers of which at bottom they are… — Stefan Zweig Copy Share Image
Why, I don't exactly know about perjury, my dear sir," replied the little gentleman. "Harsh word, my dear sir, very harsh word… — Charles Dickens Copy Share Image
The press can't write the kind of things they write, which are lies.The stories are fabrications and false. And the only thing… — Donald Trump Copy Share Image
The new freedom of expression brought by the Internet goes far beyond politics. People relate to each other in new ways, posing… — Peter Singer Copy Share Image
The worst thing you can do for your loved one caught in alcoholism or addiction is to help the person continue in… — Neil T Anderson Copy Share Image
Art is the most beautiful deception of all. And although people try to incorporate the everyday events of life in it, we… — Claude Debussy Copy Share Image
“At the end of all the filtering, we take the distorted perception of reality and add it to our worldviews. Since the… — Petros Scientia Copy Share Image
“Support and trust are time-tested tools but they prove deceptive in certain areas. Do not depend too much on trust and support.… — Balroop Singh Copy Share Image
“It’s been my experience, Owen, that when everyone agrees on some point of fact, it tends to be the biggest deception of… — Jeff Wheeler Copy Share Image
“The Way of the Heart does not know the word avoidance. It does not know deception, manipulation or control. It does not… — Shanti Christo Foundation Copy Share Image
