Deceit Quotes

645 Deceit quotes by 455 unique authors

Think'st thou there are no serpents in the world But those who slide along the grassy sod, And sting the luckless foot that presses them?… — Joanna Baillie
In olden times an enemy was sometimes poisoned by a bouquet,--deceit sugar-coated. — Hugh Latimer
Deceit is the false road to happiness; and all the joys we travel through to vice, like fairy banquets, vanish when we touch them. — Aaron Hill
Persistent distrust is the flame of deceit. Be as good as your word or be singed by the heat. — Wes Fesler
Sony has engaged in a technological version of cloak and dagger deceit against consumers by hiding secret files on their computers — Greg Abbott
Never try to snow a snowman. — Bo Belinsky
There are in woman's eyes two sorts of tears,--the one of grief, the other of deceit. — Pythagoras
To one who said, "I do not believe that there is an honest man in the world," another replied, "It is impossible that any one… — William Shenstone
I think of the irony that in our language [Nepali] the word for love can also mean deceit. — Jane Wilson-Howarth
Deceit for personal gain is one of history's most recurring crimes. Man's first step towards change would be thinking, counter-arguing, re-thinking, twisting, straightening, perfecting, then… — Criss Jami
Part of God's work in his people is synchronizing the heart and the mind thus providing freedom from the deceit of emotion-based beliefs. Emotions are… — Criss Jami
In the struggle for supremacy the various political parties outdo each other in trickery, deceit, cunning, and shady machinations, confident that the one who succeeds… — Emma Goldman
Revolution that divests itself of ethical values thereby lays the foundation of injustice, deceit, and oppression for the future society. — Emma Goldman
Tricks and treachery are the practice of fools, that don't have brains enough to be honest. — Benjamin Franklin
Gradually I came to realize that people will more readily swallow lies than truth, as if the taste of lies was homey, appetizing: a habit. — Martha Gellhorn
Acting is like lying. The art of lying well. I'm paid to tell elaborate lies. — Mel Gibson
There is nothing in the world more shameful than establishing one's self on lies and fables. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Deceit is the game of petty spirits, and that is by nature a woman's quality. — Pierre Corneille
A liar is always lavish of oaths. — Pierre Corneille
It is discouraging how many people are shocked by honesty and how few by deceit. — Noel Coward

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