Deception Quotes

574 Deception quotes by 429 unique authors

...Why are all these masks winking?" Jason pointed around the room with his fork. The loremaster dabbed at his mouth with a frilled purple napkin.… — Brandon Mull
Politeness is deception in pretty packaging. — Veronica Roth
If someone can prove me wrong and show me my mistake in any thought or action, I shall gladly change. I seek the truth, which… — Marcus Aurelius
People who believe that they are strong-willed and the masters of their destiny can only continue to believe this by becoming specialists in self-deception. — James A. Baldwin
If you alter or obscure the Biblical portrait of God in order to attract converts, you don't get converts to God, you get converts to… — John Piper
It is only when we begin to relax with ourselves that meditation becomes a transformative process. Only when we relate with ourselves without moralizing, without… — Pema Chodron
It is a self-deception of philosophers and moralists to imagine that they escape decadence by opposing it. That is beyond their will; and, however little… — Friedrich Nietzsche
We’re a different sort of thief here, Lamora. Deception and misdirection are our tools. We don’t believe in hard work when a false face and… — Scott Lynch
What I warn you to remember is that I am a detective. Our relationship with truth is fundamental but cracked, refracting confusingly like fragmented glass.… — Tana French
I am convinced that human life is filled with many pure, happy, serene examples of insincerity, truly splendid of their kind-of people deceiving one another… — Osamu Dazai
Most of our platitudes notwithstanding, self-deception remains the most difficult deception. The tricks that work on others count for nothing in that very well-lit back… — Joan Didion
Love cannot reconcile with deception — Susan Abulhawa
Jack and Jill ran up the hill, both for a little fun. Jack's plan was deception while Jill sought affection. And Jack wouldn't quit till… — Laurie Faria Stolarz
Love is self deception. I am a living creature. Hate is only self love. I am a double feature. — Henry Rollins
Roland had taught him that self-deception was nothing but pride in disguise, an indulgence to be denied. — Stephen King
The setting sun burned the sky pink and orange in the same bright hues as surfers' bathing suits. It was beautiful deception, Bosch thought, as… — Michael Connelly
How shall Integrity face Oppression? What shall Honesty do in the face of Deception, Decency in the face of Insult, Self-Defense before Blows? How shall… — W. E. B. Du Bois
We are all members of the same flawed species. Putting our moral vision into practice means imposing our will on others. The human lust for… — Steven Pinker
Sorry, am I being rude?" she asks. "I'm used to saying whatever is on my mind. Mom used to say that politeness is deception in… — Veronica Roth
The bourgeoisie, which far surpasses the proletariat in the completeness and irreconcilibility of its class consciousness, is vitally interested in imposing its moral philosophy upon… — Leon Trotsky
Come little children I'll take thee away, into a land of Enchantment Come little children the time's come to play here in my garden of… — Edgar Allan Poe
Deception is mostly a game we play with ourselves. — Terry Brooks
We feel lonely now and then and long for friends and think we should be quite different and happier if we found a friend of… — Vincent Van Gogh
Never attempt to win by force what can be won by deception. — Niccolo Machiavelli
The endless, agonizing recycling of what might have been, soon followed by a litany of rationalizations and self-deceptions as you struggle to reconcile the void… — Jon Krakauer

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