An election is nothing more than the advanced auction of stolen goods. — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
“The deception of others is almost always rooted in the deception of ourselves.” — Bill W Copy Share Image
“How do you know? How best to ensure his nervous breakdown?" I ask. "Keep going," Christian says. "Just go on as if… — Suzanne Finnamore Copy Share Image
It is best, if possible, to deceive no one; for he that ... begins by deceiving others, will end ... by deceiving himself. — Charles Caleb Colton Copy Share Image
Someone helping you is not always your friend and someone opposing you is not always your enemy. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
People always have been and they always will be stupid victims of deceit and self-deception in politics. — Vladimir Lenin Copy Share Image
Sometimes with girls they pretend to not like someone, when they really do. Sometimes with guys they pretend to like someone, when… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The more skillful the performance of false cheer, the more pleasing the effect is upon one's public and on that private audience… — Judith Martin Copy Share Image
Everything had been stripped of deceptions, that time. And that time I was afraid of everything. — Antonio Porchia Copy Share Image
There are two types of people who can't look at you in the eyes. 1. Someone trying hide a lie. 2. And… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The cunningest dissimulation is when a man pretends to be caught in the traps others set for him; and a man is… — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
“I love you too much to let you pretend that you’re something you’re not. And while there might be a lot of… — Craig D. Lounsbrough Copy Share Image
In the last few years, the very idea of telling the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth is dredged… — Michael Musto Copy Share Image
“The power of self deception is great in the case of all men, but I incline to think that it is greatest… — Herbert Hensley Henson Copy Share Image
...Why are all these masks winking?" Jason pointed around the room with his fork. The loremaster dabbed at his mouth with a… — Brandon Mull Copy Share Image
Good science is more than the mechanics of research and experimentation. Good science requires that scientists look inward-to contemplate the origin of… — Robert A. Burton Copy Share Image
Speeches by businessmen on social responsibility...may gain them kudos in the short run. But it helps to strengthen the already too prevalent… — Milton Friedman Copy Share Image
The joy of 'The X-files' is how it plays on so many different realities never knowing what is the truth and what… — Dean Haglund Copy Share Image
It is the wicked deception of love that it begins by making us dwell not upon a woman in the outside world… — Marcel Proust Copy Share Image
“All warfare is based on deception. For years, the West hypocrisy has made the world a battlefield. The corrupt talk while our… — Vladimer Makarov Copy Share Image
“To the man of science, on his unassuming and laborious travels, which must often enough be journeys through the desert, there appear… — Friedrich Nietzsche 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
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
“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
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
“No deception lasts forever. Truth rises like good bread dough.” — Stephen P. Kiernan Copy Share Image
People who come from a background of lying are suspicious of lying in others. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Deceit comes in through the ears, but usually leaves through the eyes. — Baltasar Gracian Copy Share Image
Just because my eyes show no tears...Doesn't mean my heart isn't broken... — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Sometimes, there is only a thin line between diplomacy and a lie.” — Wayne Gerard Trotman Copy Share Image
