Deceit Quotes

645 Deceit quotes by 455 unique authors

Whoever commits a fraud is guilty not only of the particular injury to him who he deceives, but of the diminution of that confidence which… — Samuel Johnson
Falsehoods of convenience or vanity, falsehoods from which no evil immediately visible ensues, except the general degradation of human testimony, are very lightly uttered, and… — Samuel Johnson
Though I love to spend, I hate be cheated, and I found that to build is to be robbed. — Samuel Johnson
It seems we are capable of immense love and loyalty, and as capable of deceit and atrocity. It's probably this shocking ambivalence that makes us… — John Scott
The Middle East is more angry than ever. I'm afraid that the sort of deceit on the route to war was linked to the lack… — Clare Short
Some people may believe that their conscience is enough to guide them not to lie, be deceitful or do the other things God has commanded… — Lee Greenwood
Tragedy is restful: and the reason is that hope, that foul, deceitful thing, has no part in it. — Jean Anouilh
We pray that the deceitful race - such hateful enemies and blasphemers of the name of Christ - be not allowed to further infect and… — Peter Stuyvesant
Everybody has the ability to be manipulative, to be hateful and deceitful. — Neil LaBute
God is not averse to deceit in a holy cause. — Aeschylus
Wiles and deceit are female qualities. — Aeschylus
It is not being deceived, but undeceived, that renders us miserable. — Sophie Arnould
Many an honest man practices upon himself an amount of deceit sufficient, if practised upon another, and in a little different way, to send him… — Christian Nestell Bovee
Men, like musical instruments, seem made to be played upon. — Christian Nestell Bovee
It is the act of a bad man to deceive by falsehood. — Marcus Tullius Cicero
Men are such dupes by choice, that he who would impose upon others never need be at a loss to find ready victims. — Honore de Balzac
You must talk to me, Caravaggio. Or am I just a book? Something to be read, some creature to be tempted out of a loch… — Michael Ondaatje
She suddenly remembered studying the brain in science class- how a steel rod pierced a man's skull, and he opened his mouth to speak Portuguese,… — Jodi Picoult
And when all was said and done the lies a fellow told about himself couldn't probably hold a proverbial candle to the wholesale whoppers other… — James Joyce
It is not the real punishment. The only effectual one, the only deterrent and softening one, lies in the recognition of sin by conscience. — Fyodor Dostoevsky
Lies like that are not a sin, they are a sacrifice. — Ann-Marie MacDonald
This evil, this concept, it comes from disappointment, from bitterness! Don't you see? Children of Satan! Children of God! Is this the only question you… — Anne Rice
As far as I'm concerned, that is the end of the matter. We have a big game against Birmingham on Saturday and that is where… — Bryan Robson
The shooting of the movie is the truth part and the editing of the movie is the lying part, the deceit part — Paul Hirsch
Half the lies our opponents tell about us are untrue. — Boyle Roche

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