According Quote by Robin Marantz Henig

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

— James Jesus Angleton

The essence of lying is in deception, not in words.

— John Ruskin

All deception in the course of life is indeed nothing else but a lie reduced to practice, and falsehood passing from words into things.

— Robert Southey

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

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

“Deceptions are more frequent than changes”

— Franz Kafka

“of Lying and Deception in Everyday Life, has”

— Brian Goldman

Lying is sometimes acted, insinuated, or implied, in a manner as injurious and shameful as when the falsehood is spoken outright.

— Elias Lyman Magoon

Language rarely lies. It can reveal the insincerity of a writer's claims simply through a grating adjective or an inflated phrase. We come upon…

— Irving Howe

Lying is a false significance of speech, with a will to deceive, which cannot be cured but by shame and reason; it is a…

— Jon Jones

When we consider reality itself we quickly become aware of its infinite complexity, and we realize that our habitual perception of it is often…

— Dalai Lama

There are not anywhere else so many ways of trickery, so many false lights, so many veils, so many guises, so many illusive deceits,…

— Henry Ward Beecher