Beware of altruism. It is based on self-deception, the root of all evil. — Robert A. Heinlein Copy Share Image
Poor people make a very poor business of it when they try to seem rich. — Herman Melville Copy Share Image
The craftiest trickery are too short and ragged a cloak to cover a bad heart. — Johann Kaspar Lavater Copy Share Image
I can fake that smile you see on my face everyday, just so you think I'm okay. — Sineila Copy Share Image
The thoughts of the righteous are right, but the counsels of the wicked are deceit. — Mohlatsane Qelemotse Copy Share Image
“The more we're thrown into conflict with each other through engineered distrust, the less able we are to unite against those responsible.” — DaShanne Stokes Copy Share Image
“They want to believe that magic is nothing but clever deception, because to think it is real would keep them up at… — Erin Morgenstern Copy Share Image
Self-deception ultimately explains Japan's plight. The Japanese have never accepted that change is in their interest - and not merely a response… — Paul Samuelson Copy Share Image
The LIFE of this world is only the enjoyment of deception. Lies, Lust, Money, Vanity, Power — Quran Copy Share Image
Work means so many things! So many! Among other things, work also means freedom. ... Without it even the miracle of love… — Eleanora Duse Copy Share Image
Playing with appearances and mastering the arts of deception are among the aesthetic pleasures of life. They are also key components in… — Robert Greene Copy Share Image
If your aim is life is pursuing truth, one of the things you might want to study is why deception is so… — Eugene Burger Copy Share Image
He who tries to protect himself from deception is often cheated, even when most on his guard. — Plautus Copy Share Image
What one has most to work and struggle for in painting is to do the work with a great amount of labour… — Michelangelo Copy Share Image
The church today is riddled with fad doctrines and new sounds that distract from the clear message of the Great commission in… — John Hagee Copy Share Image
“They feel life is for the taking, and that everyone deserves happiness no matter what the cost. I must remember these tricks… — Suzanne Finnamore Copy Share Image
The cosmetics world and mentalism are both arenas of deception, but I suppose the difference is that mentalists and magicians are more… — Keith Barry Copy Share Image
Here was a torture that Greek inventors of the Feast and the Stone had omitted from their Hades: the Blanket of Self-Deception.… — Jonathan Franzen Copy Share Image
We tend to tell strangers what we think will make us sound good. I myself, to my utter amazement, informed a telephone… — Katha Pollitt Copy Share Image
Recorded engine sounds, however, are a deliberate deception. They're like going to a concert and listening to a recording. On the other… — Serge Schmemann Copy Share Image
“Although I notice there is never a truly good time to have a nice long chat with one´s mother-in-law, unless you are… — Suzanne Finnamore Copy Share Image
But medicine has long had all its means to hand, and has discovered both a principle and a method, through which the… — Hippocrates Copy Share Image
This is a photograph, so it is as you see: there are no lies and no deceptions. One can detect here, elevated… — Yukio Mishima Copy Share Image
“For every group, malevolence is always somewhere else. Maybe we understand at this point in history that it can occur at night… — Anna Salter Copy Share Image
“We must know something about malevolence, about how to recognize it, and about how not to make excuses for it. We must… — Anna Salter Copy Share Image
“One of the worst forms of deception involves implied promises that statements will not be used against the suspects, or that they… — James Duane Copy Share Image
“The people who support and defend those accused of child sexual abuse indiscriminately, those who join organizations dedicated to defending people who… — Anna Salter Copy Share Image
“But there’s this giant deception at the foundation of their relationship, their happiness. This impure motive. There was that small mistake that… — Chris Pavone Copy Share Image
A man inferior with the blade or with his thoughts can still so elevate himself," Entreri explained curtly, "if he can impart… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Sometimes, there is only a thin line between diplomacy and a lie.” — Wayne Gerard Trotman Copy Share Image
“The biggest figment of your imagination are the limitations that you don’t have.” — Craig D. Lounsbrough Copy Share Image
