Deception Quotes
115 Deception quotes:
"The greatest deception men suffer is from their own opinions."
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"Give up what appears to be doubtful for what is certain. Truth brings peace of mind, and deception doubt."
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"Do not bite at the bait of pleasure, till you know there is no hook beneath it."
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"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."
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"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."
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"To give up pretensions is as blessed a relief as to get them ratified."
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"He that goes far to marry, will either deceive or be deceived"
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"It's the easiest Thing in the World for a Man to deceive himself."
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"So may the outward shows be least themselves:The world is still deceived with ornament."
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"Deceiving others. That is what the world calls a romance."
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"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."
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"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."
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"One deceit needs many others, and so the whole house is built in the air and must soon come to the ground"
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"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."
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"There is no kind of dishonesty into which otherwise good people more easily and frequently fall than that of defrauding the government."
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"Women & Wine, Game & Deceit, Make the Wealth small and the Wants great."
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"Women and wine, game and deceit, make the wealth small, and the want great"
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"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."
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"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."
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"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."
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