Quotes About Deception

What we are watching now as though it were real is shadows thrown on the back of the screen by lights and puppeteers behind it whose they are we." - Whose They Are We

nothing in them but tittering jeering emptiness.

Tell me how you wish me to deal with these enemies of yours, for they are no able to camp, and I will deliver them in your hands in whatever manner you wish.' Modern accounts invariably include the story of how dal Verme sent Hawkwood a fox in a cage, to say that he had the clever Englishman trapped. -Jacopo dal Verme to Giangaleazzo Visconti

The dumber people think you are, the most surprised they're going to be when you kill them.

The dumber people think you are, the more surprised they're going to be when you kill them.

The very hirelings of the press, whose trade it is to buoy up the spirits of the people. have uttered falsehoods so long, they have played off so many tricks, that their budget seems, at last, to be quite empty.

Here she comes i' faith full sail, with her fan spread and streamers out, and a shoal of fools for tenders.—Ha, no, I cry her mercy!

Thou liar of the first magnitude.

I warrant you, if he danced till doomsday, he thought I was to pay the piper.

He that first cries out stop thief, is often he that has stolen the treasure.

Some to the fascination of a name, Surrender judgment hoodwinked.

His wit invites you by his looks to come,But when you knock it never is at home.

Much of the tablecloth was a series of grey smudges outlined in a large, irregular patch of yellow that looked distressingly like a urine stain.

explosion n. energetic disassembly fake beef n. 1. restructured beef 2. textured meat alternative fake cheese n. cheese analog fake crab meat n. surimi-based crab analog fake diamonds n. real counterfeit diamonds fake jewels n. faux jewels fake leather n. genuine imitation leather

dead enemy soldiers n. decommissioned aggressor quantum dead soldier n. non-viable asset

Deciding to lure Bourquien off his strong position, Lake gave the order for the infantry to fall back in a feint, and they did so, between two wings of cavalry who lay hidden behind the tall grass. The Marathas took the bait and rushed forward, only to find themselves

A speech is something you say so as to distract attention from what you do not say.

Hollywood is a place where a man can get stabbed in the back while climbing a ladder.

Most people are clever because they don't know how to be honest." William Gaddis, The Recognitions.

He thinks he's all aces but he's mostly sevens and eights.

But the world is all alike. Those that seem better than their neighbours, are only more artful.

He held up a book then. I'm going to read it to you for relax." Does it have any sports in it?" Fencing. Fighting. Torture. Poison. True Love. Hate. Revenge. Giants. Hunters. Bad men. Good men. Beautifulest Ladies. Snakes. Spiders... Pain. Death. Brave men. Cowardly men. Strongest men. Chases. Escapes. Lies. Truths. Passion. Miracles." Sounds okay," I said and I kind of closed my eyes.

Life is pain, highness. Anyone who says differently is selling something.

The evil man is within each foolish man who is hidden by a kind man