Deception Quotes

574 Deception quotes by 429 unique authors

Even good people are obliged to deceive. — Greg LeMond
Everyone is born sincere and dies deceivers. — Luc de Clapiers
Everything is deception: seeking the minimum of illusion, keeping within the ordinary limitations, seeking the maximum. In the first case one cheats the Good, by… — Franz Kafka
He who has made it a practice to lie and deceive his father, will be the most daring in deceiving others. — Horace
It is as easy to unknowingly deceive yourself as it is to deceive others. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Life is the art of being well deceived. — William Hazlitt
Men who cannot deceive others are very often successful at deceiving themselves. — Samuel Johnson
Self-deception is nature; hypocrisy is art. — Mason Cooley
That which deceives us and does us harm, also undeceives us and does us good. — Philibert Joseph Roux
The reason we bitterly hate those who deceive us is because they think they are cleverer than we are. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Tomorrow is an old deceiver, and his cheat never grows stale. — Samuel Johnson
We are inconsolable at being deceived by our enemies and being betrayed by our friends, yet we are often content in be being treated like… — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
We like to be deceived. — Blaise Pascal
Integrity makes my job easier. It's deception and dishonesty that requires so much diligent effort. — Bobby Bowden
If, after a rigid examination, it be found an imposition, it should be extensively published to the world as such; the evidences and arguments on… — Orson Pratt
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

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