Behinds Quote by Marcus Tullius Cicero

Deceit is a kind of garment that conceals the soul. It might even be compared to a whole wardrobe, so many are its guises.

— Maria Montessori

Nothing is more deceitful than the appearance of humility.

— Jane Austen

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

Nothing is more deceitful than the appearance of humility. It is often only carelessness of opinion, and sometimes an indirect boast.

— Jane Austen

“If deceit is at any time excusable,” replied Olivia, reluctantly, “it is when we practise it in self-defence. There are some rare situations, when…

— Ann Radcliffe

If appearances are deceitful, then they do not deserve any confidence when they assert what appears to them to be true.

— Diogenes Laertius

Deceit is the game of petty spirits, and that is by nature a woman's quality.

— Pierre Corneille

Some disguised deceits counterfeit truth so perfectly that not to be taken in by them would be an error of judgment.

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

“To make this "deceit" more realistic, conduct yourself just as you would, if you were ALREADY IN POSSESSION OF THE MATERIAL THING WHICH YOU…

— Napoleon Hill

Deceit is in the heart of them that imagine evil: but to the counsellors of peace is joy.

— Bible

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

— Noam Chomsky

Appearances are deceitful, I know, but so long as they are, there's nothing like having them deceive for us instead of against us.

— George Horace Lorimer