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Deceit Quotes by John Arbuthnot
- All political parties die at last of swallowing their own lies.
- He warns the heads of parties against believing their own lies.
More Deceit Quotes
- Flattery and deceit are the darlings of great men, and so with these men spread the butter on thick, if you want… — Pietro Aretino
- The trouble with lying and deceiving is that their efficiency depends entirely upon a clear notion of the truth that the liar… — Hannah Arendt
- 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… — Stanley Baldwin
- Recollect that the Almighty, who gave the dog to be companion of our pleasures and our toils, hath invested him with a… — Walter Scott
- But, perhaps, the flatterer is not often detected; for an honest mind is not apt to suspect, and no one exerts the… — Samuel Johnson
- Persistent distrust is the flame of deceit. Be as good as your word or be singed by the heat. — Wes Fesler
- O Lord, deliver me from the man of excellent intention and impure heart: for the heart is deceitful above all things, and… — Thomas Stearns Eliot