Deceive Quotes

366 quotes by 273 authors

Do not consider it proof just because it is written in books, for a liar who will deceive with his tongue will not hesitate to… — Maimonides
Truth is often the favorite tool of those who deceive. — Bryant H. McGill
I think President Obama is trying to deceive the public in pretending that he was not a part of Congress that has made some decisions… — Sarah Palin
The universities deceive when they say they have no agenda other than to open minds. — Dennis Prager
A woman one loves rarely suffices for all our needs, so we deceive her with another whom we do not love. — Marcel Proust
We are so used to dissembling with others that in time we come to deceive and dissemble with ourselves. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Nature never deceives us; it is we who deceive ourselves. — Jean-Jacques Rousseau
There is no more lively sensation than that of pain; its impressions are certain and dependable, they never deceive as may those of the pleasure… — Marquis de Sade
O, what a tangled web we weave when first we practise to deceive! — Walter Scott
The best way in the world to deceive believers is to cloak a message in religious language and declare that it conveys some new insight… — Charles Stanley
A lie does not consist in the indirect position of words, but in the desire and intention, by false speaking, to deceive and injure your… — Jonathan Swift
A computer would deserve to be called intelligent if it could deceive a human into believing that it was human. — Alan Turing
When a person cannot deceive himself the chances are against his being able to deceive other people. — Mark Twain
We must distinguish between speaking to deceive and being silent to be reserved. — Voltaire
With a fascist the problem is never how best to present the truth to the public but how best to use the news to deceive… — Henry A. Wallace
Republicans and Democrats have used accounting gimmicks and competing government analyses to deceive the public into believing that 2 + 2 = 6. If our… — J C Watts
I think people deceive themselves about themselves, particularly as they get older. — Jeanette Winterson
Long looking at paintings is equivalent to being dropped into a foreign city, where gradually, out of desire and despair, a few key words, then… — Jeanette Winterson
In secret we met - In silence I grieve, That thy heart could forget, Thy spirit deceive. If I should meet thee After long years,… — Lord Byron
Words are like that, they deceive, they pile up, it seems they do not know where to go, and, suddenly, because of two or three… — Jose Saramago

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