Deceive Quotes

366 quotes by 264 authors

Words dazzle and deceive because they are mimed by the face. But black words on a white page are the soul laid bare. — Guy de Maupassant
And itâ€™s a sad song, Todd, but itâ€™s also a promise. Iâ€™ll never deceive you and Iâ€™ll never leave you and I promise you this… — Patrick Ness
When he admitted this to me, I found myself almost annoyed. It was as if he'd hidden this part of himself in order to deceive… — Daniel Keyes
He should have said something, why hadn't he? Costis wondered. In fact, the king had. He had complained at every step all the way across… — Megan Whalen Turner
to. I will trick you and deceive you, lie, cheat and steal to find you, tempt you out of your hiding place, and chase you… — Marie Lu
Belief is in ignorance. If you know, you know. And it is good that if you donâ€™t know, know that you donâ€™t know â€” the… — Rajneesh
There are so many ways to betray someone. You can whisper behind his back. You can deceive him on purpose. You can deliver him into… — Jodi Picoult
I did not deceive him, he did not deceive me, I did not leave him, he did not leave me, I freed him, he freed… — Sharon Olds
Nothing is so easy as to deceive oneself; for what we wish, we readily believe. — Demosthenes
Marriage is not a natural phenomenon. It is artificial, arbitrary. And when it disappears you cannot do anything to bring it back. You can pretend,… — Rajneesh
Any man or woman who neglects to maintain inward vigilance, and only makes an outward show of holiness in dress, speech, and behavior, is a… — Walter Hilton
The heart is the place where we live our passions. It is frail and easily broken, but wonderfully resilient. There is no point in trying… — Leo Buscaglia
What is the difference between unethical and ethical advertising? Unethical advertising uses falsehoods to deceive the public; ethical advertising uses truth to deceive the public. — Vilhjalmur Stefansson
Many deceive themselves, imagining they'll find happiness in change. — Thomas a Kempis
The easiest person to deceive is one's self. — Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton
There are no absolutes in this world, and there will always be mistakes that are made within brokerage firms; there will always be people who… — Mary Schapiro
My fingers are too short to enable me to get grip enough on the ball to pitch a deep curve, so that I have been… — Pud Galvin
Let not then any one deceive you, as indeed you are not deceived, inasmuch as you are wholly devoted to God. — Ignatius of Antioch
To beguile is to deceive or lead astray, as Lucifer beguiled Eve in the Garden of Eden. — Joseph B. Wirthlin
As parents know, little children are, by their nature, without guile. They speak the thoughts of their minds without reservation or hesitance as we have… — Joseph B. Wirthlin

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