Quotes About Deception

Mrs. Delson had called it "promising", which I took to mean it was promising. But you eventually realise something if you're inundated with empty compliments like that- You've got loads of potential, Alistair! You've got the makings of someone great, Alistair! It's all part of a comforting but dishonest language that's used to encourage, but not to praise.

Most stories, especially difficult ones, are a mix of truth and lies.

Like Ingrid Bergman in the film Gaslight, whose husband has convinced her that she's delusional when all along he's set her up, the victims often lose faith in their ability to determine what's real and what isn't. ("Gaslight" has since become a psychological term, meaning to deliberately manipulate someone.) Being duped contaminates your entire sense of self.

In plain English: people who lie to themselves make good liars. And good liars usually have more sex.

The ability to lie successfully, then, is partly correlated with savvy social skills. Sucking up.

Both psychopaths and sociopaths hide their true selves behind a mask, as American psychiatrist Hervey

Hand the secular Arab a glass of urine, and tell him that it is wine. He will not only pretend to enjoy it, he will enjoy it.

In the restaurant of life, the false Salafi can do no more than eat the menu.

When a politician says 'yes', it really means 'may be', when he/she says 'may be', it really means 'no'. If a politician says 'no', it means that he/she is not a real politician.

Retail investors who have buying shares in last 10 months from the recommendation tips of news channels, brokers and fintech youtubers are all being fooled as these small investors are in big losses to the tune of 80-150% while those channels have got lakhs of rupees in commissions

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Remember that it is not enough to abstain from lying by word of mouth; for the worst lies are often conveyed by a false look, smile, or act.

He reminds me of the man who murdered both his parents, and then when sentence was about to be pronounced pleaded for mercy on the grounds that he was an orphan.

Hypocrite: the man who murdered both his parents... pleaded for mercy on the grounds that he was an orphan.

You may fool all the people some of the time, you can even fool some of the people all of the time, but you cannot fool all of the people all the time.

You can fool some of the people all of the time, and all of the people some of the time, but you cannot fool all of the people all the time.

You may fool all the people some of the time; you can even fool some of the people all the time; but you can't fool all of the people all the time.

If you once forfeit the confidence of your fellow citizens, you can never regain their respect and esteem. It is true that you may fool all of the people some of the time; you can even fool some of the people all of the time; but you can't fool all of the people all of the time. -Speech at Clinton, Illinois, September 8, 1854.

No man has a good enough memory to make a successful liar.

You can fool all the people some of the time, and some of the people all the time, but you can't fool all the people all the time.

You may deceive all the people part of the time, and part of the people all the time, but not all the people all the time.

You can fool some of the people all of the time, and all of the people some of the time, but you can not fool all of the people all of the time.

The crookedness of the serpent is still straight enough to slide through the snake hole.

She drew others to her like acolytes only for them to discover she wasn't recruiting.