Quotes About Duplicity

I have heard say that diseases of the heart are seen in spots of the tongue, but the hypocrite can show a clear tongue and yet have a foul heart.

A hypocrite despises those whom he deceives, but has no respect for himself. He would make a dupe of himself, too, if he could.

He is a hypocrite who professes what he does not believe; not he who does not practice all he wishes or approves.

Actors are the only honest hypocrites.

The human capacity for self-deception is astounding. This is taught by Scripture (Jeremiah 17:9) and confirmed by psychology. Some people are highly skilled in deceiving others. However, their duplicity pales in comparison with the endlessly creative ways in which each and every one of us deceives our self.

It was the strangest thing to me that Charlie Gaines was publishing all these Bible stories about love and kindness," said Klapper, "and he was the nastiest son of a bitch on the face of the earth.

Satan's successes are the greatest when he appears with the name of God on his lips.

I have heard of your paintings too, well enough; God has given you one face, and you make yourselves another.

Is there worse evil than that which goes in the mask of good?

The villain may be good looking, but his smile is never quite right.

I confess that I cannot understand how we can plot, lie, cheat and commit murder abroad and remain humane, honorable, trustworthy and trusted at home.

Like all valuable commodities, truth is often counterfeited.

The most important decision we make is whether to be honestly fake or fake honesty.

Be careful of fake faces, the most honest the most evil.

Honesty is always good, except when it's better to lie.

I am so wily and feminine that I could live by your side for a lifetime and deceive you afresh each day.

I hate fake people. You know what I'm talking about. Mannequins.

lo lleva pintado en el rostro, la capacidad de estafa y la voluntad de dolo.

She made no answer, and he went on: "What's the use? You gave me my first glimpse of a real life, and at the same moment you asked me to go on with a sham one. It's beyond human enduring—that's all.

A smiling, bantering, humouring, watchful and incessant lie. A lie by day, a lie by night, a lie in every touch and every look; a lie in every caress and every quarrel; a lie in every word and in every silence.

You gave me my first glimpse of a real life, and at the same moment you asked me to go on with a sham one. It's beyond human enduring--that's all.

A person I knew use to divide human beings into three categories Those who prefer have nothing to hide rather than being obliged to lie, those who prefer lying to having nothing to hide, and finally those who like both lying and the hidden.

bad cause seldom fails to betray itself.

Chaste to her husband, frank to all beside,A teeming mistress, but a barren bride.