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Quotes About Deception

The difference between a saint and a hypocrite is that one lies for his religion, the other by it.
~ Minna Antrim
Between flattery and admiration there often flows a river of contempt.
~ Minna Antrim
I know you're picturing gold candlesticks and infinity pools, but this place they made isn't decadent, no, it's rustic in the way only a rich person's place can be, with money flowing under it invisibly, so that they get to pretend they're just like the rest of us.
~ Unknown
There was nothing in this world that was not a con, suddenly I understood this. Nothing really mattered, and nothing could be lost.
~ Miranda July
Was I like honey thinking it's a small bear, not realizing the bear is just the shape of its bottle?
~ Miranda July
Was I like honey thinking it's a small bear, not realizing the bear is just the shape of its bottle?
~ Miranda July
Was I like honey thinking it's a small bear, not realizing the bear is just the shape of its bottle? -Cheryl
~ Miranda July
Statul, numit de toate rasele Lew-Yathan, are întotdeauna în frunte, ales de întreaga obÅŸte, pe cel mai tic?los, mai corupt ÅŸi mai viclean cet??ean. Teoria spune c?, focalizând ura tuturor, ca o lentil?, suveranul poate produce o raz? nimicitoare în confruntarea cu inamicul.
~ Unknown
C?ut?m prosteÈ™te, c?ut?m în locuri în care nu e nimic de g?sit, ca p?ianjenii ce-È™i È›es plasa în s?li de baie în care nicio musc?, niciun È›ânÈ›ar nu poate p?trunde.
~ Unknown
Beware of subjects who are nobodies, Of whose plotting one is not aware. Trust not a brother, know not a friend. Make no intimates, it is worthless. When you lie down, guard your heart yourself.
~ Unknown
A man who saw has turned blind, A hearer deaf, A leader now leads astray!
~ Unknown
The king has been robbed by beggars.
~ Unknown
Telling lies is their herbage.
~ Unknown
When the secret of truth is found, falsehood is thrown on its back on the ground.
~ Unknown
i s njom nije bilo dosadno pijuckati burgundac, razgovarati o tome kako su ljudi glupi, slabi uglavnom, nesretni, slušati jesenji vjetar kako pla?e oko ku?e, plamen kako liže u pe?i, a Jadviga pri?a o ljubavi i o tome kako je ljubav najve?a laž me?u lažima. Jedan jedini put ljubila je u životu, a i to je bilo glupo.
~ Miroslav Krleža
The attackers had used one of the oldest and most potent weapons of warfare: surprise.
~ Mitchell Zuckoff
Of all the get-rich-quick magnates that have operated, Ponzi is the king.
~ Mitchell Zuckoff
CIA case officers, or COs,
~ Mitchell Zuckoff
In the remarkable seven months since it had opened for business, the Securities Exchange Company had amassed thirty thousand investors and $9.6 million. All Ponzi had to do to keep them satisfied was to pay them nearly $15 million in return.
~ Mitchell Zuckoff
Saying you have something that you don't makes it yours. Saying you don't have something you do makes it go away.
~ Miyuki Miyabe
The thing which you see, feel or touch is not real but an illusion.
~ Unknown
Un impostor teme encontrarse con un paisano, pero más aún encontrarse con un compañero de escuela.
~ Mo Yan
Liars are always most disposed to swear.
~ Unknown
Breach of promise is a base surrender of truth.
~ Unknown