Is the human condition not defined by an endless struggle to control the ego's subterfuges? — Roméo Dallaire Copy Share Image
“You can play dumb, yes?" "I may do it permanently. Look where being clever got me.” — Vincent H. O'Neil Copy Share Image
Affect not little shifts and subterfuges to avoid the force of an argument. — Isaac Watts Copy Share Image
Wrong is wrong; no fallacy can hide it, no subterfuge cover it so shrewdly but that the All-Seeing One will discover and… — Antoine Rivarol Copy Share Image
“why do I want to appear to be drinking more than I am?' 'Make it a habit. Men in their cups are… — Raymond E. Feist Copy Share Image
“Personal life, expression, knowledge, and history advance obliquely, and not directly, toward ends or toward concepts. That which is sought too deliberately… — Maurice Merleau-Ponty Copy Share Image
Humility is often only feigned submission which people use to render others submissive. It is a subterfuge of pride which lowers itself… — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
Governments steal from citizens through taxes and through the subterfuge of monetizing their own IOUs. — John Pugsley Copy Share Image
I knew that the principle objective of my film was to be a sentimental or an emotional study. What I did was… — Louis Garrel Copy Share Image
We live in our own world , A world that is too small For you to stoop and enter Even on hands… — R. S. Thomas Copy Share Image
But that afternoon he asked himself, with his infinite capacity for illusion, if such pitiless indifference might not be a subterfuge for… — Gabriel Garcia Marquez Copy Share Image
[Eva Braun] went to the Nurnberg party rallies starting in 1935. She was there twice and stayed at the Hotel Deutscher Hof,… — Gretl Braun Copy Share Image
“It’s also been my experience that the people you would least expect of guile and subterfuge are the most adept at hiding… — Amanda Stevens Copy Share Image
No peace was ever won from fate by subterfuge or argument; no peace is ever in store for any of us, but… — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
Our contemporary brand of socialism has one fatal flaw. It's too expensive. When you try to shower benefits on so many recipients,… — James Cook Copy Share Image
Nobody likes me,” he concluded at the tail end of a ten-minute pity fest. “Can’t imagine why,” Quinn murmured. I turned my… — Robin Wasserman Copy Share Image
Men felt a chill in their hearts; a damp in their minds. In a desperate effort to snuggle their feelings into some… — Virginia Woolf Copy Share Image
“The Painting is not shit,' said Lucien. 'I know,' said Henri. 'That was just part of the subterfuge. I am of royal… — Christopher Moore Copy Share Image
nobody can save you but yourself. you will be put again and again into nearly impossible situations. they will attempt again and… — Charles Bukowski Copy Share Image
There were various aspects of Sun Tzu's approach that appealed to Ho Chi Minh: a) to learn to understand both the enemy… — William J. Duiker Copy Share Image
Take the particular trick of false names. It seems to us particularly odious. We think when we show our contempt for those… — Hilaire Belloc Copy Share Image
Heaven knows insanity was disreputable enough, long ago; but now that the lawyers have got to cutting every gallows rope and picking… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
Whereas, according to the declaration of that true man of the world Talleyrand, the use of language is to conceal the thoughts;… — Michael Faraday Copy Share Image
There's an honesty to the wolf world that is liberating. There's no diplomacy, no decorum. You tell your enemy you hate him;… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
In Europe one needs to act ‘as if’ – as if what was wanted was little, in order to obtain much, as… — Giuliano Amato Copy Share Image
“Agents were trained liars. They were taught how to manipulate people in order to get what they wanted. Subterfuge was like second… — Santino Hassell Copy Share Image
When I was a child, I did always feel that people were hiding things, and that they weren't expressing their true feelings.… — Wallace Shawn Copy Share Image
“I am in favour of illusion, not alienation... Drama must create a factitious spell-binding present moment and imprison the spectator in it.… — Iris Murdoch Copy Share Image
How do men feel whose whole lives (and many men's lives are) are lies, schemes, and subterfuges? What sort of company do… — William Makepeace Thackeray Copy Share Image
Men who marry for gratification, propagation or the matter of buttons or socks, must expect to cope with and deal in a… — Elbert Hubbard Copy Share Image
It is necessary to be able to withstand all this, to agree to any and every sacrifice, and evenif need beto resort… — Vladimir Lenin Copy Share Image
![“[Eva Braun] went to the Nurnberg party rallies starting in 1935. She was there twice and stayed at the Hotel Deutscher Hof, the hotel [Adolf] Hitler had always stayed at while there. It was endless subterfuge in order to see him and then only for a few hours, then she had to sneak back to the…” quote by Gretl Braun](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/cde/gretl-braun-9500_banishment_eva-braun-went-to-the-nurnberg-party-ral_2418024.jpg)
