"If mankind were only just what they pretend……" — Josh Billings
"If mankind were only just what they pretend to be, the problem of the millennium would be immediately solved."
More Deceit Quotes
- The trouble with lying and deceiving is that their efficiency depends entirely upon a clear notion of the truth that… — Hannah Arendt
- Flattery and deceit are the darlings of great men, and so with these men spread the butter on thick, if… — Pietro Aretino
- Nothing is more deceitful than the appearance of humility. It is often only carelessness of opinion, and sometimes an indirect… — Jane Austen
- Lies are sufficient to breed opinion, and opinion brings on substance. — Francis Bacon
- Let us never forget this: since the day of the air, the old frontiers are gone. When you think of… — Stanley Baldwin
- Simplicity is the most deceitful mistress that ever betrayed man. — Henry Adams
- Let me go over this again on the reclaiming the civil rights movement. People of faith that believe that you… — Glenn Beck
- Lies are told only to convey to someone that one has no need either of him or his good opinion. — Theodor Adorno
- I have never known a more vulgar expression of betrayal and deceit. — Lucien Bouchard
- The tongue may be employed about, and made to serve all the purposes of vice, in tempting and deceiving, in… — Joseph Butler
- I have been constantly betrayed and deceived all my life. — Taylor Caldwell
- Practically all the relationships I know are based on a foundation of lies and mutually accepted delusion. — Kim Cattrall