Deception Quotes

574 Deception quotes by 429 unique authors

When you love someone, you can't lie to them. It hurts to much. It's a deception that goes too deep. — Abbi Glines
No satisfaction based upon self-deception is solid, and however unpleasant the truth may be, it is better to face it once and for all, to… — Bertrand Russell
My version of an Irish exit has an air of deception to it, because it includes my asking loudly, “Where’s the bathroom?” and making theatrical… — Mindy Kaling
Smooth runs the water where the brook is deep. — William Shakespeare
Mundus vult decipi'—the world wants to be deceived. To live without deception presupposes standards beyond the reach of most people whose existence is largely shaped… — Abraham Joshua Heschel
The essence of bravery is being without self-deception. — Pema Chodron
There is as much deception in noise as there is in silence — Jacqueline Carey
Everything had been stripped of deceptions, that time. And that time I was afraid of everything. — Antonio Porchia
People always have been and they always will be stupid victims of deceit and self-deception in politics. — Vladimir Lenin
If you do have to look at polls, you should do it no more than once every few days, to get a general sense of… — David Brooks
If we go back to the beginnings of things, we shall always find that ignorance and fear created the gods; that imagination, rapture and deception… — Baron d'Holbach
I believe there is no source of deception in the investigation of nature which can compare with a fixed belief that certain kinds of phenomena… — William James
The process [of mass-media deception] has to be conscious, or it would not be carried out with sufficient precision, but it also has to be… — George Orwell
The statesmen will invent cheap lies, putting the blame upon the nation that is attacked, and every man will be glad of those conscience-soothing falsities,… — Mark Twain
At the very outset I have to tell you that truth is what it is. You cannot mold it, you cannot change it. It is… — Nirmala Srivastava
Men were considered "free" only so that they might be considered guilty - could be judged and punished: consequently, every act had to be considered… — Friedrich Nietzsche
The foundation of morality is to have done, once and for all, with lying. — Thomas Huxley
We must not promise what we ought not, lest we be called on to perform what we cannot. — Abraham Lincoln
The truth is not always the same as the majority decision. — Pope John Paul II
I have not observed mens honesty to increase with their riches. — Thomas Jefferson
Frankness invites frankness. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
All advertising, whether it lies in the field of business or of politics, will carry success by continuity and regular uniformity of application. — Adolf Hitler
The secret of success is sincerity. Once you can fake that, youve got it made. — Jean Giraudoux
When all else fails, tell the truth. — Donald T. Regan
Lying can never save us from another lie. — Vaclav Havel

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