Deception Quotes

574 Deception quotes by 429 unique authors

If any man can convince me and bring home to me that which I do not think or act aright, gladly will I change; for… — Marcus Aurelius
The Press was protected so that it could bare the secrets of the government and inform the people. Only a free and unrestrained press can… — Hugo Black
Self-deception ultimately explains Japan's plight. The Japanese have never accepted that change is in their interest - and not merely a response to U.S. criticism. — Paul Samuelson
All possible means were used by the infatuated parents to conclude the bargain; and deception put an end to these usual artifices. — Adelbert von Chamisso
Nothing is so boring as having to keep up a deception. — E. V. Lucas
I've spent a lot of time researching the subject and government deception. So to be involved in Star Trek is perfect for me. I enjoy… — Dwight Schultz
The petty man is eager to make boasts, yet desires that others should believe in him. He enthusiastically engages in deception, yet wants others to… — Xunzi
For as long as I care to remember, religion, like the striptease, has always been a display of the power of suggestion. Like the Virgin… — Bernard Katz
It's a sad day when the leaders of the free world engage in such deception and trickery. I voted against this unnecessary war and will… — Major Owens
We in this Congress have a choice. The American people have a right to exercise a choice on this issue, as to whether our men… — Raul Grijalva
Deception is one of the quickest ways to gain little things and lose big things. — Thomas Sowell
Playing with appearances and mastering the arts of deception are among the aesthetic pleasures of life. They are also key components in the acquisition of… — Robert Greene
Refresh your commitment today to test everything by the Word of God. The surest defense against spiritual deception is knowledge of spiritual truth. — David Jeremiah
How much rationality and higher protection there is in such self-deception, and how much falseness I still require in order to allow myself again and… — Friedrich Nietzsche
Whatsoever accidents Or qualities our sense make us think there be in the world, they are not there, but are seemings and apparitions only. The… — Thomas Hobbes
This is the real tragedy of mankind, that until now the spirit of man has not been able to free itself, even along the path… — Phyllis Bottome
The deception at the heart of the feminist movement is nowhere more apparent than in the silence with which self-professed feminists and feminist movements ignore… — Caroline Glick
We live in imaginary, virtual worlds created by corporations that profit from our deception. — Chris Hedges
One eye is open to all truth, the other closed to all deception. — Brandon Mull
The swim at Deception Island was by far the hardest swim I've ever done. Antarctica is a very unforgiving environment. If you don't train properly,… — Lewis Gordon
The truth cannot be deceptive, and one who sees it cannot be deceived. — Said Nursi
Bayle, when writing on "Comets," discovered this; for having collected many things applicable to his work, as they stood quoted in some modern writers, when… — Isaac D'Israeli
The words of the double-tongued are as if they were harmless, but they reach even to the inner part of the bowels. Praise be to… — Muriel Spark
A marriage based on full confidence, based on complete and unqualified frankness on both sides; they are not keeping anything back; there's no deception underneath… — Henrik Ibsen
It is more tolerable to be refused than deceived. — Publilius Syrus

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