Quotes About Deception

If a man lies to you, don't get mad; get even. I once dated a guy who waited three months into our relationship before he told me he was married. I said "Hey, don't worry about it. I used to be a man."

all gods were like that: the knife behind the smile, the drop of poison in the honey jar. They liked to bind you to them, make you dance on razorblades.

When human women are said to be traps that lead to the downfall of men, Buddhist philosophers and psychologists would insist that it is not women per se that endanger men but rather women as they appear to deluded men.

I can't go down there. They think I'm dead! Oh, you've remembered that. Good for you.

Love is the dominant force, and in its light there is no deception.

There are no shadows in which deceptions can be born, no dance of appearances:

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

Are these signs of hope, or do we deceive ourselves by wishing them to be?

If you want to be thought a liar, always tell the truth.

What humbugs we are, who pretend to live for Beauty, and never see the Dawn!

Sex is all right, but a hot fudge sundae don't never ask if the baby's really his.

Honest friends is kinda nice, but it's hard to beat a big-ass lie and a six-pack of brewskies.

You may lie.

If you desire a man to tell you comfortable lies about your prowess, and so fetter any hope of true excellence, I'm sure you may find one anywhere. Not all prisons are made of iron bars. Some are made of feather beds.

Seems to me the only difference between your friends and your enemies is how long they stand around chatting before they shoot you.

Tout ce temps, tous ces visages, tous ces cris de jouissance, ces étreintes sans âme au petit matin, quand la nuit n'est plus, le jour n'est pas encore, ton orgasme prend fin, et tes yeux se dessillent, ta chambre n'est qu'un bordel, Baudelaire est mort et, dans tes bras, il n'y a qu'une putain...

A smile appeared upon her face as if she'd taken it directly from her handbag and pinned it there.

It is good that man should accept at face value the cheats of sense and snares of flesh, and through the fogs of sentiency pursue the lures and lies of passion.

Strength is an empty shell.

If a woman shows too often the Medusa's head, she must not be astonished if her lover is turned into stone.

Es celos lo que imagino, que no es celos lo que sé: cosa que pienso que fue y que en mi daño adivino.

I can almost see lies coming through your teeth In every word you speak you make it clear to me That you're playing wrong and your game ain't strong I've been in this too long, so just be moving on

Adam & Eve. The serpent cracked the mirror in a thousand pieces, & the apple was his rock.

The history of institutions is often a history of deception and illusions; for their virtue depends on the ideas that produce and on the spirit that preserves them, and the form may remain unaltered when the substance has passed away.