Deception Quote by Ian Mcewan

When a liar became too skilled at deception, he could lose the ability to discern truth, and could himself be more easily deceived.

— Dean Koontz

It is of great importance to set a resolution, not to be shaken, never to tell an untruth. There is no vice so mean,…

— Thomas Jefferson

The liar see himself that he is honest because he also lie to himself.

— Ahmad M Khasawneh

“People think that a liar gains a victory over his victim. What I've learned is that a lie is an act of self-abdication, because…

— Ayn Rand

HE who permits himself to tell a lie once, finds it easier to do it a second time

— Anonymous

He who permits himself to tell a lie once, finds it much easier to do it the second time.

— Thomas Jefferson

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 is so far from impossible that it is one of the most ordinary phenomena with which we are acquainted. Nothing is more usual…

— William Godwin

When people are forced to remain silent when they are being told the most obvious lies, or even worse when they are forced to…

— Theodore Dalrymple

“Some people, from what I've seen, boo, when they lie, they become very still and centered and their gaze very concentrated and intense. They…

— David Foster Wallace

One of the laudable by-products of the Freudian quackery is the discovery that lying, in most cases, is involuntary and inevitable--that the liar can…

— H. L. Mencken

Liars think if they lie enough, they can squeeze out a situation. Lying does nothing but complicate and aggravate things.

— Enhance Dreams