Deceit Quotes

645 Deceit quotes by 455 unique authors

All the world suffers from the usury of the Jews, their monopolies and deceit. They have brought many unfortunate peoples into a state of poverty,… — Pope Clement VIII
In love deceit nearly always goes further than mistrust. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
It is in disputes as in armies, where the weaker side sets up false lights, and makes a great noise, to make the enemy believe… — Jonathan Swift
The justification for those actions was that we were living in a very hard, predatory, cloak-and-dagger world and that the only way to deal with… — Norman Cousins
Culture, like the kingdom of heaven, lies within us, and not in foreign galleries and books. — Randolph Bourne
How horribly rapid everything has been, from the days when men were not ashamed to talk of souls and of suffering and of hope to… — Ayi Kwei Armah
Let us flee from the deceit of life and its supposed happiness and run to Christ alone, who is the Savior of souls. Him let… — Symeon the New Theologian
"Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God." Blessed are those who have preserved internal sanctity of soul; who are conscious of… — Percy Bysshe Shelley
It takes more strength to cry, admit defeat. I have truth on my side, you only have deceit. — Madonna Ciccone
I have tried my hand at bribery, blackmail, and deceit. And I've served time for everything, cept beggin on the street. — Bob Dylan
When I examine the conclusion [on experiments with the electric light bulb experiments published in the Herald] which everyone acquainted with the subject will recognize… — Henry Morton Stanley
There is no profit in deceit. An honest man knows revenge is not sweet. — Robert Palmer
Some frauds succeed from the apparent candor, the open confidence, and the full blaze of ingenuousness that is thrown around them. The slightest mystery would… — Charles Caleb Colton
The best of women are hypocrites. — William Makepeace Thackeray
Of all the evil spirits abroad at this hour in the world, insincerity is the most dangerous. — James Anthony Froude
As that gallant can best affect a pretended passion for one woman who has no true love for another, so he that has no real… — Charles Caleb Colton
The true motives of our actions, like the real pipes of an organ, are usually concealed; but the gilded and hollow pretext is pompously placed… — Charles Caleb Colton
Deceit and treachery skulk with hatred, but an honest spirit flieth with anger. — Martin Farquhar Tupper
It is generally a feminine eye that first detects the moral deficiencies hidden under the 'dear deceit' of beauty. — Thomas Stearns Eliot
When your lover is a liar, you and he have a lot in common, you're both lying to you! — Susan Forward

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