We learn to deceive ourselves while we are trying to deceive others. — Sidney Jourard Copy Share Image
Anything that a batsman cannot pick from the wrist is deception. — Bhuvneshwar Kumar Copy Share Image
World War II provides a string of celebrated cases of deception and manipulation. — David Ignatius Copy Share Image
An election is nothing more than the advanced auction of stolen goods. — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
I pray to God that I shall not live one hour after I have thought of using deception. — Elizabeth I Copy Share Image
When you know you are dying, self-deceptions fly from your bedside like embers off a bonfire. — Darin Strauss Copy Share Image
No matter how beautiful a lie is, in the end it hurts even more than the truth would have done. — Terry Mark Copy Share Image
Sometimes terror and pain are not the best levers; deception, when it works, is the most elegant and the least expensive manipulation… — Vernor Vinge Copy Share Image
“In a competition for mates, a well developed capacity for self-deception is an advantage, The same is true in politics and other… — John N. Gray Copy Share Image
Only fools imagine they are already awake. How clearly they understand everything! How easily they distinguish this deception from that reality! — Zhuangzi Copy Share Image
“In the theatre of deception, where shadows shift and alliances waver, the most challenging mask to unveil is the one that mirrors… — Abdulhamid Ali Copy Share Image
Not to be, but to seem, virtuous - it is a formula whose utility we all discovered in the nursery. — C. S. Lewis Copy Share Image
“Again she dances on the edge of my consciousness, laughing at me in my dreams. This is only fair. I cast myself… — Maddy Kobar Copy Share Image
If you asked me what makes the world go round, I would say self-deception. Self-deception allows us to create a consistent narrative… — Errol Morris Copy Share Image
I repeat what I suggest in my book [ Strategie de la deception]. The first deterrence, nuclear deterrence, is presently being superseded… — Paul Virilio Copy Share Image
She's easy to lead around, a shiny present here, a pretty compliment there, and you have true love and a popped cherry… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I am convinced that human life is filled with many pure, happy, serene examples of insincerity, truly splendid of their kind-of people… — Osamu Dazai Copy Share Image
“When you become complacent with someone lying, whether it is a close friend, the media, or your government, then you have essentially… — Gary Hopkins Copy Share Image
“Of all the tricks played by storytellers on their willing victims, the cheapest is the deception known in English as The End.… — Michael Chabon Copy Share Image
An economy where advertisers thrive while journalists and artists struggle, reflects the values of a society more interested in deception and manipulation… — Jaron Lanier Copy Share Image
With her for guide, you shall never go astray; while invoking her, you shall never lose heart; so long as she is… — Bernard of Clairvaux Copy Share Image
“Some have given up the expectation of meeting genuine, ‘heartfelt’ people and prefer to retire to a mute world, where fish, at… — Erik Pevernagie Copy Share Image
Ultimately the body will rebel. Even if it can be temporarily pacified with the help of drugs, cigarettes or medicine, it usually… — Alice Miller Copy Share Image
At a period when Literature was wont to attribute the grief of living exclusively to the mischances of disappointed love or the… — Joris-Karl Huysmans Copy Share Image
“Knowing Tim was a sucker for logical deduction and facts, he would pursue that avenue to entice Tim to step into the… — Jasun Ether Copy Share Image
The demagogue is usually sly,a detractor of others, a professor of humility and disinterestedness, a great stickler for equality as respects all… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Feynman's cryptic remark, "no one is that much smarter ...," to me, implies something Feynman kept emphasizing: that the key to his… — Philip Warren Anderson Copy Share Image
“The genre of self-help for depression is littered with well-intentioned books that overpraise solutions and raise false hopes. It would be nice… — Jonathan Rottenberg Copy Share Image
![“I repeat what I suggest in my book [ Strategie de la deception]. The first deterrence, nuclear deterrence, is presently being superseded by the second deterrence: a type of deterrence based on what I call 'the information bomb' associated with the new weaponry of information and communications…” quote by Paul Virilio](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bde/paul-virilio-2130_bombs_i-repeat-what-i-suggest-in-my-book-strat_1916644.png)
