Quotes About Deception

You can't do a good deal with a bad guy. The dishonesty tax is too high and is not something you will factor into your side of the equation.

Freud was not entirely honest with himself when he said, "Being entirely honest with oneself is a good exercise".

Straightforwardness intimidates people. They prefer the veneer, despite what they claim.

Honesty whispers, "Don't get pricked by the thorns of lie.

Here it was, the first of many lies he'd have to come up with. "Bella threw a knife at my head." He'd do better with the next lie.

The most important decision we make is whether to be honestly fake or fake honesty.

Honesty is of God and dishonesty of the devil the devil was a liar from the beginning.

'Tis my opinion every man cheats in his way and he is only honest who is not discovered.

There is one way to find out if a man is honest - ask him. If he says 'yes' you know he is crooked.

Be careful of fake faces, the most honest the most evil.

You're a poster boy for sincerity. You have all the guile of a lamb.

Politics is the art of saying well that which may or may not be true.

There may be honor among thieves, but there's none in politicians.

We tell lies, yet it is easy to show that lying is immoral.

What is called honors and dignities, and even honor and dignity, is generally fool's gold.

Why should honor outlive honestly? Orthello

But it is with a different kind of spell that art deludes you ... it leads you to pay religious honor and worship to images and pictures.

Honor is but an empty bubble.

What is commonly called friendship is only a little more honor among rogues.

Ally Carter, See How They Run

You should never trust a liar so you should never trust a man of honor. Those two are the worst of mankind.

Promises are worse than lies. You don't just make them believe, you also make them hope.

Hope is like one of those orchids that grows around toxic waste: lovely in itself - and an assertion, if you like, of indefatigable good - but a sure sign that something nasty lies underneath.

One day everything will be well, that is our hope. Everything's fine today, that is our illusion.