Attempt Quote by Charles Dudley Warner

Deception is a sort of seduction. In love and war, adultery and espionage, deceit can only succeed if the deceived party is willing, in…

— Ben Macintyre

There are many who have grave scruples about deceiving but think it as nothing to deceive themselves.

— Eric Hoffer

People are capable of seeing the deceit they're ensnared in. They just have to make the effort.

— Noam Chomsky

In itself, the practice of deception is not particularly exacting; it is a matter of experience, of professional expertise, it is a facility most…

— John le Carre

Self-deception helps us deceive.

— David Livingstone

Deception is a state of mind and the mind of the State.

— James Jesus Angleton

People who are deceptive themselves have a really good ear for deception. They know when somebody's telling the truth or not, and so one…

— Ron Livingston

Those who think their intellect will keep them from deception are already deceived.

— Bill Johnson

Deception is a cruel act... It often has many players on different stages that corrode the soul.

— Donna A Favors

Deception is everywhere.

— Anonymous

Human beings seem to have an almost unlimited capacity to deceive themselves, and to deceive themselves into taking their own lies for truth.

— Anonymous

To overvalue something is a form of lying.

— Baltasar Gracian