Deceit Quotes

645 Deceit quotes by 455 unique authors

Use no hurtful deceit; think innocently and justly and, if you speak, speak accordingly. — Benjamin Franklin
If we take shelter of the lotus feet of the spiritual master, we can become free from illusion, fear and distress. If we wholeheartedly beg… — Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati
No fathers or mothers think their own children ugly; and this self-deceit is yet stronger with respect to the offspring of the mind. — Miguel de Cervantes
In brainwashing communism deceit lies manipulation marxism socialism truth A lie told often enough becomes the truth. — Vladimir Lenin
Opportunism is self interest seeking with guile often involving subtle forms of deceit, especially calculated efforts to mislead, distort, disguise, obfuscate, or otherwise confuse. This… — Unknown Author
Recollect that the Almighty, who gave the dog to be companion of our pleasures and our toils, hath invested him with a nature noble and… — Walter Scott
I have learned that the state of Israel cannot be ruled in our generation without deceit and adventurism. — Moshe Sharett
Oh to have a lodge in some vast wilderness. Where rumors of oppression and deceit, of unsuccessful and successful wars may never reach me anymore. — William Cowper
I have always had a lot more trouble with my truths than with my deceits — Mercedes McCambridge
Some things are apparent. Where government moves in, community retreats, civil society disintegrates and our ability to control our own destiny atrophies. The result is:… — Unknown Author
Without question, we need to disarm Saddam Hussein. He is a brutal, murderous dictator, leading an oppressive regime ... He presents a particularly grievous threat… — John F. Kerry
I've learned that sometimes a smile represents the greatest form of deceit. — Michael Gilbert
The Mask "Put off that mask of burning gold With emerald eyes." "O no, my dear, you make so bold To find if hearts be… — William Butler Yeats
The first step is to penetrate the clouds of deceit and distortion and learn the truth about the world, then to organize and act to… — Noam Chomsky
Politicians who wish to succeed must be prepared to dissemble, at times to lie. All deceit is bad. In politics some deceit or moral dishonesty… — Woodrow Wyatt
With gentleness overcome anger. With generosity overcome meanness. With truth overcome deceit. — Gautama Buddha
If a man's thoughts are muddy, If he is reckless and full of deceit, How can he wear the yellow robe? Whoever is master of… — Gautama Buddha
The deceit is sometimes unconscious, but not always, since some people, owing to their sectarianism, purposely overlook reality and refuse to acknowledge the inadequacies and… — Pierre-Paul Grasse
The eyes mirror the heart of a person. An entire life can be seen through them. Love, sorrow, deceit, pain. If you look closely, it’s… — Gail Tsukiyama
It is only hope which is real, and reality is a bitterness and a deceit. — William Makepeace Thackeray
We fed the public a line of deceit, dishonesty, a fabrication of statistics and figures. We succeeded because the time was right and the news… — Bernard Nathanson
War has been waged against us by stealth and deceit and murder. This nation is peaceful, but fierce when stirred to anger. This conflict was… — George W. Bush
We schoolmasters must temper discretion with deceit. — Evelyn Waugh
Mans most disagreeable habits and idiosyncrasies, his deceit, his cowardice, his lack of reverence, are engendered by his incomplete adjustment to a complicated civilisation. It… — Sigmund Freud
For the Lord touched all parts of creation, and freed and undeceived them all from every deceit. — Athanasius of Alexandria

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