Deception Quote by Anonymous

The worst of all deceptions is self-deception.

— Plato

Self-deception helps us deceive.

— David Livingstone

Deception is a state of mind and the mind of the State.

— James Jesus Angleton

Human beings have a demonstrated talent for self-deception when their emotions are stirred.

— Carl Sagan

The fundamental factor of self-deception is this constant desire to be something in this world and in the world hereafter.

— Jiddu Krishnamurti

Deception is often an outcome of an unexpected negative perception.

— Lord Jack Kabasu

Self-deception is so far from impossible that it is one of the most ordinary phenomena with which we are acquainted. Nothing is more usual…

— William Godwin

No satisfaction based upon self-deception is solid, and however unpleasant the truth may be, it is better to face it once and for all,…

— Bertrand Russell

Sometimes terror and pain are not the best levers; deception, when it works, is the most elegant and the least expensive manipulation of all.

— Vernor Vinge

Life is the art of being well deceived; and in order that the deception may succeed it must be habitual and uninterrupted.

— William Hazlitt

“A man who lives apart, not to others but alone, is exposed to obvious psychological dangers. In itself, the practice of deception is not…

— John le Carré

Especially difficult when the first and best unconscious move of a dedicated liar is to persuade himself he's sincere. And once he's sincere, all…

— Ian Mcewan