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Deceit Quotes by William Shakespeare
- He's a soldier; and for one to say a soldier lies, is stabbing.
- Lady, with me, with me thy fortune lies.
- Which means she to deceive, father or mother?
- Thou speak'st like him's untutored to repeat: Who makes the fairest show means most deceit.
- But when the fox hath once got in his nose, He'll soon find means to make the body follow.
- So may the outward shows be least themselves; The world is still deceived with ornament.
- Teach me, dear creature, how to think and speak; Lay open to my earthy-gross conceit, Smother'd in errors, feeble, shallow, weak, The folded meaning of…
- DON PEDRO Come, lady, come; you have lost the heart of Signior Benedick. BEATRICE Indeed, my lord, he lent it me awhile; and I gave…
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
- Recollect that the Almighty, who gave the dog to be companion of our pleasures and our toils, hath invested him with a… — Walter Scott
- 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
- Nothing is more deceitful than the appearance of humility. It is often only carelessness of opinion, and sometimes an indirect boast. — Jane Austen
- 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