Deception Quotes

574 quotes by 429 authors

The intention of never deceiving often exposes us to deception. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
A tyranny based on ... deception and maintained by terror must inevitably perish from the poison it generates within itself. — Albert Einstein
But medicine has long had all its means to hand, and has discovered both a principle and a method, through which the discoveries made during… — Hippocrates
Meditation is not a matter of trying to achieve ecstasy, spiritual bliss, or tranquillity, nor is it attempting to become a better person. It is… — Pema Chodron
A military operation involves deception. Even though you are competent, appear to be incompetent. Though effective, appear to be ineffective. — Sun Tzu
All war is based on deception. — Sun Tzu
All warfare is based on deception. There is no place where espionage is not used. Offer the enemy bait to lure him. — Sun Tzu
Another false philosophy that appeals to the Mr. Hyde side of our natures is that peeking into pornography is harmless. This is a terrible deception.… — James E. Faust
Woman is a misbegotten man and has a faulty and defective nature in comparison to his. Therefore she is unsure in herself. What she cannot… — Albertus Magnus
This was no ordinary UFO. Scores of people saw it. It was no illusion, no deception, no imagination. — Unknown Author
Fortune is a great deceiver. She sells very dear the things she seems to give us. — Unknown Author
Nothing is more common on earth than to deceive and be deceived. — Johann Gottfried Seume
How desperately difficult it is to be honest with oneself. It is much easier to be honest with other people. — Unknown Author
The habit of employing self-deception to maintain one's self esteem has often become so ingrained that the first step to developing accurate self-awareness is honest… — Unknown Author
Feynman's cryptic remark, "no one is that much smarter ...," to me, implies something Feynman kept emphasizing: that the key to his achievements was not… — Philip Warren Anderson
Drawing is deception. — M.C. Escher
The word bipartisan usually means some larger-than-usual deception is being carried out. — George Carlin
James says that you deceive yourself if you only hear the Word but do not do it. How many people live in this deception their… — Johan Oscar Smith
Art is a deception that creates real emotions - a lie that creates a truth. And when you give yourself over to that deception, it… — Marco Tempest
Perhaps the greatest scientific deception of the IPCC is the abuse and misuse of computer climate models. They allow them to make their reports and… — Timothy Ball

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