Quotes About Deception

Few people who knew Trump had illusions about him. That was almost his appeal: he was what he was. Twinkle in his eye, larceny in his soul.

just worry about who's jerking whose chain.

It didn't exactly surprise Bannon when Trump flipped; Bannon understood how easy it was to bullshit a bullshitter.

the most dangerous lie is the lie that resembles the truth". Michael Youssef

An Ambassadore is a man of virtue sent to lie abroad for his country, a news writer is a man of no virtue who lies at home for himself." —Sir Henry Wotton

All warfare is based on deception." —Sun Tzu Not

The public weal requires that men should betray, and lie, and massacre.

If falsehood, like truth, had but one face, we would be more on equal terms. For we would consider the contrary of what the liar said to be certain. But the opposite of truth has a hundred thousand faces and an infinite field.

It is not without good reason said, that he who has not a good memory should never take upon him the trade of lying.

He who has not a good memory should never take upon himself the trade of lying.

He who is not very strong in memory should not meddle with lying.

Anyone who does not feel sufficiently strong in memory should not meddle with lying.

The map is more interesting than the territory.

Eine ideale Lüge besteht aus der Aneinanderreihung verschiedener wahrer Versatzstücke, an denen man bestimmte Auslassungen vornimmt; im Grunde genommen setzt sie sich im Wesentlichen aus Auslassungen in Verbindung mit einigen wohldosierten Übertreibungen zusammen.

Tel est un des principaux inconvénients de l'extrême beauté chez les jeunes filles: seuls les dragueurs expérimentés, cyniques et sans scrupule se sentene à la hauteur; ce sont donc en général les êtres les plus vils qui obtiennent le trésor de leur virginité, et ceci constitue pour elles le premier stade d'une irrémédiable déchéance.

Una mentira ideal consiste en la yuxtaposición de diferentes elementos de verdad entre los cuales se efectúan algunas elipsis; de hecho está compuesta esencialmente de omisiones, a veces con algunas exageraciones bien dosificadas

Una mentira es útil cuando permite transformar la realidad, pensó; pero cuando la transformación fracasa sólo queda la mentira, la amargura y la conciencia de la mentira

La felicidad no era un horizonte posible. El mundo nos había traicionado.

If life is an illusion it's a pretty painful one.

L'image est douée d'une force mauvaise. Elle n'est pas la servante dévouée et fidèle que tu voudrais. Elle prend toutes les apparences d'une servante, oui, mais en vérité elle est sournoise, menteuse et impérieuse. Elle aspire de toute sa mauvaiseté à te reduire en esclavage.

Experience has taught that politics is a game played by conmen and hypocrites.

The greatest danger for those working in the cinema is the extraordinary possibility it offers for lying.

I would rather my enemy's sword pierce my heart then my friend's dagger stab me in the back." Faustus - Don't Talk Back To Your Vampire

If you think people aren't posing when they're in public, you're more naïve than I imagined..." -Ollie