Quotes About Deception

De pronto, mientras miraba por la ventanilla, se sintió engañada y enojada. Todo ese tiempo y ese amor invertidos en la vida de otra persona, y ahora él se había ido, y con él gran parte de su futuro

It seems that many people who are deficient in character have an overabundance of charm. I

Humanity is less, far less than the individual, because the individual may sometimes be capable of truth, and humanity is a tree of lies.

The only reality was nothingness, and over it a hypocrisy of words.

Happiness was a term of hypocrisy used to bluff other people.

A woman's best love letters are always written to the man she is betraying.

See it was like this when we waltz into this place. A couple of papish cats is doing an Aztec two-step And I says Dad let's cut but then this dame comes up behind me see and says you and me could really exist Wow I says Only the next day she has bad teeth and really hates poetry.

Everyone sees what you appear to be, few experience what you really are… The common people are always impressed by appearances and results.

Deception also turned out to be a vital strategic quality. It involved deliberately sending untrue signals with a view to changing another's behavior.

Nadie está intentando matarme con engaños».

Lo mejor para nosotros es / idear un plan perfecto, que mediante engaños o astucias / consiga lo que la fuerza no puede conseguir»).[7]

Although 'Machiavellian' has become synonymous with strategies based on deceit and manipulation, Machiavelli's approach was actually far more balanced. He understood that the more the prince was perceived to rely on devious methods, the less likely it would be that they succeeded. The wise strategist would seek to develop a foundation for the exercise of power that went beyond false impressions and harsh punishments, and onto real accomplishments and general respect.

Tricks with language allowed the foolish and ignorant to appear wise and knowledgeable

there was nothing unnatural or surprising in efforts to get the better of stronger opponents by catching them by surprise or tricking them in some way.

hay tres aspectos elementales en la estrategia humana y que son comunes a lo largo del tiempo y el espacio. Esos tres aspectos son el engaño, las alianzas y el uso instrumental de la violencia.

Truly that aspect of cunning is illustrious and far removed from all reproach, whose deeds are called by the Greek expression strategemata, because they can scarcely be suitably expressed by a (single Latin) term.

El mayor poder es el que consigue que se haga lo que pretende sin que nadie se dé cuenta.

Men are so simple, and so much creatures of circumstance, that the deceiver will always find somebody ready to be deceived.

Do not trust the Horse, Trojans/ Whatever it is, I fear the Greeks even bearing gifts. —Laocoön in Virgil's Aeneid

beware the clever man that makes the wrong look right

Sarah smiled, one of those little childish smiles she was so good at. It very nearly broke the Doctor's heart. 'You know what I think? I think you don't really regenerate at all. I think you just keep taking off masks.

Lawrence Sanders

Never trade a secret, you'll always get the short end of the bargain.

Betrayal can only happen if you love.