Deception Quote by Vernor Vinge

Though deception is seen as an attack upon the other, deception is a tool of emotional suicide of oneself.

— Anonymous

Pain can be endured and defeated only if it is embraced. Denied or feared, it grows in perception if not in reality. The best…

— Dean Koontz

Pain forces even the innocent to lie.

— Publilius Syrus

The most effective tool to promote deception is to clothe the deception in truth.

— Anonymous

Especially difficult when the first and best unconscious move of a dedicated liar is to persuade himself he's sincere. And once he's sincere, all…

— Ian Mcewan

Self-deception helps us deceive.

— David Livingstone

Trying to control the emotional self willfully by manipulative attempts is like trying to choose a number on a thrown die or to push…

— Shoma Morita

“To see someone you love in so much pain—especially emotional pain that can’t be remedied—was the worst form of torture.”

— Laura Kreitzer

Sometimes we have to lie so that we do not needlessly hurt others. The important thing is that we are honest with ourselves. That…

— F. Sionil José

Most of our platitudes notwithstanding, self-deception remains the most difficult deception. The tricks that work on others count for nothing in that very well-lit…

— Joan Didion

“Life, at all times full of pain, is more painful in our time than in the two centuries that preceded it. The attempt to…

— Bertrand Russell

“Given involuntarily, and in an atmosphere of distrust, pain is torture, whatever the motive," suggests David. "But given consensually, between equals, pain can be…

— Geoff Mains