Quotes about deception
deception
When a woman is undisguisedly bad, then indeed she is good. [Comparatively speaking, as she at least lacks deception.] Publilius Syrus
deception deceived tolerable
It is more tolerable to be refused than deceived.
deception use crafts
Machiavelli says that if as a ruler you accept that your every action must pass moral scrutiny, you will without fail be defeated by an opponent who submits to no such moral test. To hold on to power, you have not only to master the crafts of deception and treachery but to be prepared to use them where necessary. J. M. Coetzee
deception trying protect
He who tries to protect himself from deception is often cheated, even when most on his guard. Plautus
deception samurai poet
I am the scroll of the poet behind which samurai swords are being sharpened. Lester Cole
deception dishonesty deceiving
Dishonesty is so grasping it would deceive God himself, were it possible. George Bancroft
deception investing deceiving
Nothing is so difficult as not deceiving oneself. Ludwig Wittgenstein
deception sincere born
Everyone is born sincere and dies deceivers. Luc de Clapiers
deception rats cheese
Messin with me, is like wearing cheese underwear down rat alley. Ollie Chandler in Deception Randy Alcorn
deception littles way
Deception is one of the quickest ways to gain little things and lose big things. Thomas Sowell
deception lovers
It wasn't a deception: all lovers live on partial knowledge. Teju Cole
deception speak icarus
Courage is the willingness to speak the truth about what you see and to own what you say. Seth
deception tomorrow cheat
Tomorrow is an old deceiver, and his cheat never grows stale. Samuel Johnson
deception sculpture planes
If your educe sculpture to the flat plane of the temporal experience of the work. (...) the experience of the work is inseparable from the place in which the work resides. Apart from that condition, any experience of the work is a deception. Richard Serra
deception too-late may
Confidence, once lost or betrayed, can never be restored again to the same measure; and we learn too late in life that our acts of deception are irrevocable - they may be forgiven, but they cannot be forgotten by their victims. Sydney J. Harris
deception packaging politeness
Politeness is deception in pretty packaging. Veronica Roth