Deceit Quotes

645 quotes by 491 authors

The trouble with lying and deceiving is that their efficiency depends entirely upon a clear notion of the truth that the liar and deceiver wishes… — Hannah Arendt
Flattery and deceit are the darlings of great men, and so with these men spread the butter on thick, if you want to get something… — Pietro Aretino
Nothing is more deceitful than the appearance of humility. It is often only carelessness of opinion, and sometimes an indirect boast. — Jane Austen
Lies are sufficient to breed opinion, and opinion brings on substance. — Francis Bacon
Let us never forget this: since the day of the air, the old frontiers are gone. When you think of the defense of England you… — Stanley Baldwin
Simplicity is the most deceitful mistress that ever betrayed man. — Henry Adams
Let me go over this again on the reclaiming the civil rights movement. People of faith that believe that you have an equal right to… — Glenn Beck
Lies are told only to convey to someone that one has no need either of him or his good opinion. — Theodor Adorno
I have never known a more vulgar expression of betrayal and deceit. — Lucien Bouchard
The tongue may be employed about, and made to serve all the purposes of vice, in tempting and deceiving, in perjury and injustice. — Joseph Butler
I have been constantly betrayed and deceived all my life. — Taylor Caldwell
Practically all the relationships I know are based on a foundation of lies and mutually accepted delusion. — Kim Cattrall
There comes a time when deceit and defiance must be seen for what they are. At that point, a gathering danger must be directly confronted.… — Dick Cheney
Distrust all those who love you extremely upon a very slight acquaintance and without any visible reason. — Lord Chesterfield
There are a terrible lot of lies going about the world, and the worst of it is that half of them are true. — Winston Churchill
All political parties die at last of swallowing their own lies. — John Arbuthnot
The theist can only find meaning by leaving this life for a transcendental world beyond the grave. The human world as he finds it is… — Paul Kurtz
The doctrine that might makes right has covered the earth with misery. While it crushes the weak, it also destroys the strong. Every deceit, every… — John Peter Altgeld
If you only notice human proceedings, you may observe that all who attain great power and riches, make use of either force or fraud; and… — Niccolo Machiavelli
We fed the public a line of deceit, dishonesty, a fabrication of statistics and figures. — Bernard Nathanson

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