Deceitful Quotes

90 Deceitful quotes by 79 unique authors

Ever note, Lucilius, When love begins to sicken and decay It useth an enforced ceremony. There are no tricks in plain and simple faith; But… — William Shakespeare
For every man's nature is concealed with many folds of disguise, and covered as it were with various veils. His brows, his eyes, and very… — Marcus Tullius Cicero
Art' is the same word as 'artifice,' that is to say, something deceitful. It must succeed in giving the impression of nature by false means. — Edgar Degas
A Frenchwoman, when double-crossed, will kill her rival; the Italian woman would rather kill her deceitful lover; the Englishwoman simply breaks off relations-but they all… — Charles Boyer
The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked; who can know it? — Jeremiah
To forgive the incessant provocations of daily life - to keep on forgiving the bossy mother-in-law, the bullying husband, the nagging wife, the selfish daughter,… — C.S. Lewis
There is nothing more natural than to consider everything as starting from oneself, chosen as the center of the world; one finds oneself thus capable… — Guy Debord
O Lord, deliver me from the man of excellent intention and impure heart: for the heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked. — Thomas Stearns Eliot
There are probably several hundred thousand if we narrow the definition to include only those who in their search for money and power are ruthless… — Henry A. Wallace
I am not deceitful: if I were, I should say I loved you; but I declare I do not love you: I dislike you the… — Charlotte Bronte
Dear God," she prayed, "let me be something every minute of every hour of my life. Let me be gay; let me be sad. Let… — Betty Smith
Love is deceitful and sublime. In its truest form, it brings out the best in all beings. At its worse, It's a tool used to… — Sherrilyn Kenyon
I love the pure, peaceable, and impartial Christianity of Christ; I therefore hatethe corrupt, slaveholding, women-whipping, cradle-plundering, partial, and hypocritical Christianity of this land. Indeed,… — Frederick Douglass
Men are so simple of mind, and so much dominated by their immediate needs, that a deceitful man will always find plenty who are ready… — Niccolo Machiavelli
I remember my youth and the feeling that will never come back any more /the feeling that I could last for ever, outlast the sea,… — Joseph Conrad
But as we are looking toward our future, I'm not sure it matters what we want to be but rather who we want to be.… — Ellen Schreiber
Cities, like dreams, are made of desires and fears, even if the thread of their discourse is secret, their rules are absurd, their perspectives deceitful,… — Italo Calvino
And I watered it in fears, Night and morning with my tears; And I sunned it with smiles, And with soft deceitful wiles. — William Blake
And the flesh is that reprehensible preference for self that lurks within every one of our hearts. It is that base and selfish instinct to… — Eric Ludy
You are a set of deceitful scoundrels! But bless you! I give in. I will take Gildor's advice. If the danger were not so dark,… — J.R.R. Tolkien

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