Quotes About Deception

Saith he, If it be well weighed, to say that a man lieth is as much to say as that he is brave toward God and a coward toward men. For a lie faces God, and shrinks from man. Surely the wickedness of falsehood and breach of faith cannot possibly be so highly expressed as in that it shall be the last peal to call the judgments of God upon the generations of men; it being foretold that when Christ cometh, he shall not find faith upon the earth.

When the cops were unable to catch a man named James "Bluebeard" Watson, who'd married eighteen women and killed at least seven of them, Harris

In his case, what had been hardness became cruelty, while a tendency to bluff became plain dishonesty. He often lied without hesitation and assumed that others lied to him.

Good propaganda, to be effective, as Hitler and Goebbels had learned from experience, needs more than words. It needs deeds, however much they may have to be fabricated.

But the Fuehrer had smelled a rat

On May 17, 1933, before the Reichstag, Hitler delivered his "Peace Speech," one of the greatest of his career, a masterpiece of deceptive propaganda that deeply moved the German people and unified them behind him and which made a profound and favorable impression on the outside world.

Of course you didn't volunteer the information, or even damn well admit it. But shit, Uther, I came to you and confronted you with what I'd worked out, and you Ã¢â'¬Â¦ Well, you're too professional to give away anything that could come back to bite you, but if you'd wanted to mislead me or leave me thinking I was wrong you could have.

This gentleman is cactus," said Doul.

Anyway, half of them are police agents. It's the first principle, isn't it? Whoever's arguing fiercest for violence is the cop.

If a man fools me once, shame on him. If he fools me twice, shame on me.

Good people get cheated, just as good horses get ridden.

He who praises me on all occasions is a fool who despises me or a knave who wishes to cheat me.

Ee, o?lum, paran?n hüküm sürdü?ü yerde, güzel söze ve güzelli?e yer kalmaz.

The first bowl washed the cobwebs from my mind — The whole world seemed to sparkle. A second cleansed my spirit Like purifying showers of rain, A third and I was one of the Immortals — What need now for austerities To purge our human sorrows? Worldly people, by going in for wine, Sadly deceive themselves. For now I know the Way of Tea is real.

The last defense of the charlatan is always that something is 'strategic.

Unfortunately, most Christians do not understand the battle they are fighting, the enemy that they face, or the means God has provided to overcome the temptations and deception of this present world system.

A well-meaning man, Dhai Ma liked to say, is more dangerous because he believes in the rightness of what he does. Give me an honest rascal any day!

And remember this: whenever possible, don't fight openly with your enemy. Let them think they've won—and then strike when least expected.

And the mother, who through all the years of her hardship had never shed a tear, wept at his trust and her deception.

Just as you've deceived me, so will your mind deceive you. When you need the Brahmastra the most, you'll forget the mantra needed to call it up.

Anything that makes us forget our true selves is a trap, princess—even something we love or define as beautiful.

That's Hercules," I say, though perhaps I'm pointing at Ursa Major. I tell Mrs. Mehta of his death at the hands of his wife, who suspected him of loving another woman.

The truth is less glamorous than our imagination.

Promises only lead to trouble.