Deception Quote by Cardinal Richelieu

Deception is a sort of seduction. In love and war, adultery and espionage, deceit can only succeed if the deceived party is willing, in…

— Ben Macintyre

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

— James Jesus Angleton

Deception is a tactic: use it. Do whatever it takes to win.

— Janet Morris

“The Point of Honor in Deception.—In all great deceivers one thing is noteworthy, to which they owe their power. In the actual act of…

— Friedrich Nietzsche

Deception is mostly a game we play with ourselves.

— Terry Brooks

A suspicious person is the rival of him that deceives, both seem to practice a knowledge of cunning device, and equable sense of disengenuous…

— Norm MacDonald

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

In itself, the practice of deception is not particularly exacting; it is a matter of experience, of professional expertise, it is a facility most…

— John le Carre

When we successfully deceive others, they are not aware of it; the same is true with self-deception.

— Mardy Grothe

Self-deception helps us deceive.

— David Livingstone

“Self-deception is an indispensable element of war, and that despite the fact that wars are calculated and planned, there is a sense in which…

— David Livingstone Smith

Deception is everywhere.

— Anonymous