Quotes About Deception

We know that the world is not resting on the horn of a bull; we also know that it rests on the horn of lies!

We must always be thankful to our enemies as they teach us that the smiling face of the world is nothing but a theatre mask!

What can a sculptor do without the chisel and the hammer? And what can an impostor politician do without the ignorants and the uneducated?

What is a throne? A chair; ornamented but a poisonous chair!

You may spend fifty or eighty years of your life believing in something totally false, and this is what happens to most people!

It is a lie - any talk of God that does not comfort you.

I always thought a rich lie is better than a poor truth:

Maxwell Smart: And I happen to know that at this very minute, seven Coast Guard cutters are converging on this boat. Would you believe it, seven? Mr. Big: I find that pretty hard to believe. Maxwell Smart: Would you believe six? Mr. Big: I don't think so. Maxwell Smart: How about two cops in a rowboat?

When I think it's good not to say the truth, I don't say anything. I don't like actors in general, they lie, they are liars, trust me.

Nina flutters her eyelashes at Justin. "Here's the cookies Nicole promised you in her note. We made them together," she lies, fluttering her eyelashes some more. Justin takes the cookies from her. "Thanks." He watches her silently, tilting his head. "You have something in your eye?" She immediately stops fluttering and starts twirling her hair

He's like a lake. You assume it has great depths, pure undisturbed undiscoverable depths. You assume depths must be there because the surface is so flat--pretty and flat and utterly unrevealing. Boring almost, you might say, if you didn't know about the depths, that is, if you didn't believe they were there.

They where like so many of the adults around us, content to pretend that all was well....but we knew better

There are worse things than a lie and there are better things than the truth!

But it was definitely a car trailing me and quickly I prepared myself for a great dash. I began quickening my step and when it stopped alongside me I could stand it no longer. "My father's a cop and he'll kill you," I screeched without looking. "No, he's a barrister," I heard Michael Andretti say in a calm voice, "and he'll kill you if you don't get into this car.

He's only slept with us when he's cold and lonely." "Isaboe, he is a hound. He will feign loneliness the rest of his life just to lie on this bed,. My bed. I was the king of this bed.

And there it was. That slight lisp. That awful accent. That funny face that made him ache. Charlie wasn't just a cheat. He was a liar as well. Because Violette Zidane wasn't just the girl he was shagging, like he told the cop. She sort of owned his heart a little. Kind of a lot.

He tried to smile, but it was just a shape his mouth made.

Never trust a shiny surface. They hide a multitude of flaws.

And he smiled at her, truely smiled- wicked and lovely...

He looked good, like sin in a suit.

You won't like me if I'm cruel." -"I don't like you now." -"We don't lie." -"I'm mortal, Irial. I can lie all I want to.

Faeries are equally loyal and deceitful.

With a strange half-mocking tone, Aislinn said, "It's not just guys like those today. Even the pretty ones can be awful. Don't trust them just because they're pretty." Donia laughed, coldly, sounding every bit Beira's creature in that moment. "Where were you when I needed that advice? I've already gone out with the biggest mistake a girl can make.

It's not just guys like those today. Even the pretty ones can be awful. Don't trust them just because they're pretty.