Deception Quotes

"The greatest deception men suffer is from their own opinions."

"Give up what appears to be doubtful for what is certain. Truth brings peace of mind, and deception doubt."

"Do not bite at the bait of pleasure, till you know there is no hook beneath it."

"I have always considered it as treason against the great republic of human nature, to make any man's virtues the means of deceiving him."

"There is no deception now, Mr. Weller. Tears, said Job, with a look of momentary slyness, "tears are not the only proofs of distress, nor the best ones."

"To give up pretensions is as blessed a relief as to get them ratified."

"He that goes far to marry, will either deceive or be deceived"

"It's the easiest Thing in the World for a Man to deceive himself."

"So may the outward shows be least themselves:The world is still deceived with ornament."

"Deceiving others. That is what the world calls a romance."

"If you once forfeit the confidence of your fellow citizens, you can never regain their respect and esteem. You may fool all of the people some of the time; you can even fool some of the people all the time; but you can't fool all of the people all of the time."

"Oh to have a lodge in some vast wilderness. Where rumors of oppression and deceit, of unsuccessful and successful wars may never reach me anymore."

"One deceit needs many others, and so the whole house is built in the air and must soon come to the ground"

"There is a smile of love,And there is a smile of deceit,And there is a smile of smilesIn which these two smiles meet."

"There is no kind of dishonesty into which otherwise good people more easily and frequently fall than that of defrauding the government."

"Women & Wine, Game & Deceit, Make the Wealth small and the Wants great."

"Women and wine, game and deceit, make the wealth small, and the want great"

"You may deceive all the people part of the time, and part of the people all the time, but not all the people all the time."

"Whenever, therefore, people are deceived and form opinions wide of the truth, it is clear that the error has slid into their minds through the medium of certain resemblances to that truth."

"All warfare is based on deception. Hence, when able to attack, we must seem unable; when using our forces, we must seem inactive; when we are near, we must make the enemy believe we are far away; when far away, we must make him believe we are near."