Foe Quote by Frances Sargent Osgood

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

Who naught suspects is easily deceived.

— Petrarch

Deceit and falsehood, whatever conveniences they may for a time promise or produce, are, in the sum of life, obstacles to happiness. Those who…

— Samuel Johnson

“Engaging in deceitfulness is a slap in God’s face and has dire consequences. When we make a choice not to trust Him to handle…

— Deborah Smith Pegues

He that once deceives is ever suspected.

— George Herbert

It is best, if possible, to deceive no one; for he that ... begins by deceiving others, will end ... by deceiving himself.

— Charles Caleb Colton

There is no deceit in death. It delivers precisely what it has promised. Betrayal, though ... betrayal is the willful slaughter of hope.

— KM II

So long as the deceit ran along quiet and monotonous, all of us let ourselves be deceived, abetting it unawares or maybe through cowardice...

— William Faulkner

Remember: The best deceivers do everything they can to cloak their roguish qualities. They cultivate an air of honesty in one area to disguise…

— Robert Greene

None are deceived but they that confide.

— Benjamin Franklin

“The trust of the innocent is the liars most useful tool.”

— Stephen King

With a bloody flux of oaths vows deep revenge.

— Francis Quarles