Deception Quotes

574 Deception quotes by 429 unique authors

Flat, uninteresting parts of paintings are, in fact, a ruse to get the viewer to see what needs to be seen. — Robert Genn
The bird of truth would not be able to fly if it weren't for the air of lies we breathe. — Eugene J. Martin
I drag my myth around with me. — Orson Welles
There is deception. People who think they are enlightened and it's just ego. — Frederick Lenz
Once the doors close there can be no lie or deception and the lights will tell all! — Walel Watson
What I've learned from fighting is that the lights in side the cage will tell everything you did or did not do in your camp!… — Walel Watson
Very often, I'm part of the deception because the way I play things is that I want you to be able to look back and… — Lucy Lawless
Nonbelievers are not anti-religious, they are anti-fraud and anti-deception. — Steve Fowler
Avoidance of self deception is a matter of integrity not comfort. — Orrin Woodward
It is the wicked deception of love that it begins by making us dwell not upon a woman in the outside world but upon a… — Marcel Proust
Rise above the deceptions and temptations of the mind. This is your duty. Learn to become wise. Desire nothing, give up all desires and be… — Sivananda
First, what does truth require? It requires us to face the facts as they are, not to involve ourselves in self-deception; to refuse to think… — John F. Kennedy
We never deceive people to benefit them, for knavery is a compound of wickedness and falsehood. — Jean de la Bruyere
One handles truths like dynamite. Literature is one vast hypocrisy, a giant deception, treachery. All writers have concealed more than they revealed. — Anais Nin
It is best, if possible, to deceive no one; for he that ... begins by deceiving others, will end ... by deceiving himself. — Charles Caleb Colton
Tricks and treachery are the practice of fools, that don't have brains enough to be honest. — Benjamin Franklin
Who had deceived thee so often as thyself? — Benjamin Franklin
We are never deceived; we deceive ourselves. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Unlike grown ups, children have little need to deceive themselves. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Love is a deception and a trap. Love is as big a myth that God sits with his flowing white beard in a throne and… — Al Goldstein
Knowledge of God's Word is a bulwark against deception, temptation, accusation, even persecution. — Edwin Louis Cole
The greatest deception men suffer is from their own opinions. — Leonardo da Vinci
Art is the most beautiful deception of all. And although people try to incorporate the everyday events of life in it, we must hope that… — Claude Debussy
There is nothing more deceptive than an obvious fact. — Arthur Conan Doyle
I pray to God that I shall not live one hour after I have thought of using deception. — Elizabeth I

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