Deception Quotes

574 Deception quotes by 429 unique authors

Deception is a developed art of civilization and the most potent weapon in the game of power — Robert Greene
Unlike a mere deception or a simple secret, which gives the impression that something's been taken away, a great magician makes you feel like something's… — Jim Steinmeyer
So long as it stays within the rules of the game, which is to say, engages in open and free competition without deception or fraud. — Milton Friedman
Our myths are so many, our vision so dim, our self-deception so deep and our smugness so gross that scarcely any way now remains of… — Nelson Algren
I expected so much from life and if I had not seen it so close, I would to this day be expecting something. What treasures… — Ivan Goncharov
Washington has become our Versailles. We are ruled, entertained, and informed by courtiers -- and the media has evolved into a class of courtiers. The… — Chris Hedges
It is in the ability to deceive oneself that the greatest talent is shown. — Anatole France
You are never so easily fooled as when trying to fool someone else. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
We often shed tears that deceive ourselves after deceiving others. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
It is very noble hypocrisy not to talk of one's self. — Friedrich Nietzsche
Because if one has an image, however dim and romantic, of a journey's end, one may, in the end, surely reach it, after no matter… — Margaret Drabble
People always have been the foolish victims of deception and self-deception in politics, and they always will be, until they have learned to seek out… — Vladimir Lenin
Of all forms of deception self-deception is the most deadly, and of all deceived persons the self-deceived are the least likely to discover the fraud. — Aiden Wilson Tozer
Sometimes terror and pain are not the best levers; deception, when it works, is the most elegant and the least expensive manipulation of all. — Vernor Vinge
Conversation! Supple sentences, with first and second meanings and overtones beyond, outrageous challenges with cleverly planned slip-points, rebuttals of elegant brevity; deceptions and guiles, patient… — Jack Vance
The demagogue is usually sly, a detractor of others, a professor of humility and disinterestedness, a great stickler for equality as respects all above him,… — James F. Cooper
It is a fair adornment of a man and a great convenience both to himself and to all those with whom he converses and deals,… — Isaac Barrow
Mankind's greatest error, the biggest deception of the past thousand years is this: to confuse poverty with stupidity. — Orhan Pamuk
If the whole church goes off into deception, that will in no way excuse us for not following Christ. — Leonard Ravenhill
Deception is the knowledge of kings. — Cardinal Richelieu
People come to music to seek oblivion: is that not also a form of deception? — Claude Debussy
An election is nothing more than the advanced auction of stolen goods. — Ambrose Bierce
Not to be, but to seem, virtuous - it is a formula whose utility we all discovered in the nursery. — C.S. Lewis
"Why, I don't exactly know about perjury, my dear sir," replied the little gentleman. "Harsh word, my dear sir, very harsh word indeed. It's a… — Charles Dickens
Never try to do anything that is outside of who you are. A forced smile is a sign of what feels wrong in your heart,… — Ashly Lorenzana

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