Quotes About Deception

Thw world is full of monsters with friendly faces.

What a rotten shilling punter!" said Bramble, tearing her bread to bits. "I can't believe he stole our things! Especially the watch! We stole that watch first, fair and square!

When the High King was killed - first poisoned, several times, then shot with pistols, then his head cut off, then burned in the great palace fire ... no one really liked to talk about it ...

understanding why we are susceptible to such illusions can provide insight into the risks of hyper-novelty.

Lie really could be construed as the art of illusion by some people.

make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities,'" Hunter murmured.

you're told a lie often enough, that lie becomes not the truth, but a truth you can come to believe. However

Callie stared at Daniel. "Bastard!" she hissed. He smiled serenely. His grip was still upon her and he pulled her close, whispering. "The bastard you are about to promise to love, honor, and obey." "I don't love you." "I'm merely shooting for two out of three, and the last two will do nicely.

what's real doesn't always matter. What people think has been done to them can be just as serious as what really happened.

When everything is bent into a jolly shape, everything feels more mournful than it should.

White lies are in chapter two of the bestfriend handbook. They are to be used sparingly and only under extreme circumstances. I'm pretty sure finding out your boyfriend of more than a year is a total jerk qualifies.

Maybe I was a fool to turn my back on him after his warnings, but the bad guys didn't warn you first. No, the truly wicked ones lured you in with kindness and then blindsided you with their mercilessness.

Pride is the mask we make of our faults

But some secrets are secrets, whereas some secrets are lies.

I breathe in slowly. Food is life. I exhale, take another breath. Food is life. And that's the problem. When you're alive, people can hurt you. It's easier to crawl into a bone cage or a snowdrift of confusion. It's easier to lock everybody out. But it's a lie.

But a topee is not a turban, and I had been my teacher's pupil before I became my husband's wife, learning to my bones that half a disguise is none at all...The moment my short-cropped, pomade-sleek, unquestionably masculine hair passed beneath his nose was the closest thing I've ever seen Holmes to fainting dead away.

Those who want the truth, get truth. Those who want lies, get lies no matter what I say.

Reality is easy. It's deception that's the hard work.

A friend once said, and I found to be true,That everyday people, they lie to God too,So what makes you think, that they won't lie to you.

Weaknesses, so called, are nothing more nor less than vices in disguise.

Be certain that he who has betrayed thee once will betray thee again.

Can he love truth who can take a knave to his bosom?

Who has a daring eye tells downright truths and downright lies.

The smiles that encourage severity of judgment hide malice and insincerity.