Deceitful Quotes

90 Deceitful quotes by 79 unique authors

Beauty - a deceitful bait with a deadly hook. — John Lyly
How deceitful hope may be, yet she carries us on pleasantly to the end of life. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
I have nothing but contempt for the deceitful thing men call 'happiness,' and find myself with no choice but to push my characters, whom I… — Gen Urobuchi
Wherefore all theology, when separated from Christ, is not only vain and confused, but is also mad, deceitful, and spurious; for, though the philosophers sometimes… — John Calvin
When temptation comes your way, name that boastful, deceitful giant “Goliath!” and do with it as David did to the Philistine of Gath. — Gordon B. Hinckley
Cooking is a form of flattery....a mischievous, deceitful, mean and ignoble activity, which cheats us by shapes and colors, by smoothing and draping.... — Plato
Mind, I am not preaching anything contrary to accepted morality. I am not advocating free love in this or any other case. Society must go… — Ford Madox Ford
It is impossible to live pure lives until we have pure hearts. Many people today are trying to put the cart before the horse. They… — Billy Graham
I had wished to find in philosophy and religion a remedy for my disgrace; I searched out an asylum to secure me from love... duty,… — Peter Abelard
Words can be deceitful, but pantomime necessarily is simple, clear and direct — Marcel Marceau
The words of the double-tongued are as if they were harmless, but they reach even to the inner part of the bowels. Praise be to… — Muriel Spark
Life is deceitful because all warfare is based on deception. — William C. Brown
If we define an American fascist as one who in case of conflict puts money and power ahead of human beings, then there are undoubtedly… — Henry A. Wallace
Our lives are just spectacles. We are like dolls, in a sense, to be observed and played with - often with cruel and deceitful intentions… — Kathryn Lasky
Censure is often useful, praise is often deceitful. — Winston Churchill
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

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