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Quotes About Deception

To the rulers of the state then, if to any, it belongs of right to use falsehood, to deceive either enemies or their own citizens, for the good of the state: and no one else may meddle with this privilege.
~ Plato
So they cut their hair short in front, that their enemies might not grasp it. And they say that Alexander of Macedon for the same reason ordered his generals to have the beards of the Macedonians shaved, because they were a convenient handle for the enemy to grasp.
~ Plutarch
Ephorus in a hasty sentence of his preface, wholly unworthy of him, says, that music was introduced among mankind for the purpose of deception and jugglery;
~ Polybius
Look like th'innocent flower but be the serpent under't
~ Pontus Jansson
God save me from those I trust in.
~ Popular Proverb
Tell your friend a lie. If he keeps it secret, then tell him the truth.
~ Portuguese Proverb
Tiempo atrás los hombres buscaban la iluminación para escapar del espejismo del mundo. Hoy sostenían que sólo existía el espejismo.
~ Poul Anderson
Hard to imagine, but . . . well, we have so many bureaucrats, so many people in high places like Lord Hauksberg who insists the enemy doesn't really mean harm
~ Poul Anderson
Jag flirtar flitigt med flickan Lycka, Med gumman Otur förblir jag gift; Min älskarinna är fru Fortuna, fast hon bedrar mig och är dyr i drift.
~ Povel Ramel
The moment P Bhosan said on live yt camera that virus has originated from wuhan, he got exposed himself that he is a liar and has come to protect all guilty who started fooling propaganda.and the fact is that there no covid virus anywhere Whichever mass movement he was a part of so far, it was found to be a fake agitation only like Anna movement, Baba Ramdev, Farmers protest etc where only its leaders got richer
~ Prafull Sakulani
The moment Sr journalist who live interviewed P Bhosan said he can not be bought by millions and billions of money, his body language and tone indicated that he has already been purchased and this interview is scripted only to further misguide people and make them believe that there is Covid
~ Prafull Sakulani
Tak ada orang yang tak suka pada pujian. Kalau orang merasa terhina karena dipuji, tandanya orang itu berhati culas.
~ Pramoedya Ananta Toer
Mengkhianati pengkhianat bukan pengkhianatan, Nyonya - Rodjali
~ Pramoedya Ananta Toer
This is the story of two men who met in a banana republic. One of them never did anything dishonest in his life except for one crazy minute. The other never did anything honest in his life except for one crazy minute.
~ Preston Sturges
What if half the things ever said / Turned out to be a lie / How will you know the truth / If you were given all the answers / And you stopped to wonder why...
~ Prince
If I were your enemy, I'd disguise myself and manipulate your perspectives so that you'd focus on the wrong culprit—your husband, your friend, your hurt, your finances, anything or anyone except me. Because when you zero in on the most convenient, obvious places to strike back against your problems, you get the impression you're fighting for something. Even though all you're really doing is just . . . fighting. For nothing.
~ Priscilla Shirer
Believe not when you hear that a rich person has done a charity.
~ Probaerb
People who claim to be motivational speakers or advisers or coaches or mentors or corporate trainers , but secretly communicate through the session the intention of company's board executives to the employees are actually BOOTLICKERs. Their job is to fool or suppress employees. But if they don't do it like this, then no private organization will hire them.They can be observed often boozing or partying.
~ Probaerb
Stupids dance on the same floor with the one who secretly befools them.
~ Probaerb
When a liar speaks to the audience, only fools believe his forged, sweet stories.
~ Probarb
To the soul of Prof. Clayton Christensen : The world in which deception lives like romance cannot grow with innovation.
~ Prof.Salam Al Shereida
She lied, sir. She has always lied. I don't think she ever spoke a word of truth. But when she spoke, I believed her.
~ Prosper Mérimée
Yalan söylüyordu beyefendi, hep yalan söyledi. O k?z hayat?nda tek bir do?ru söz etti mi bilmiyorum. Fakat ben o ne dese inan?yordum, elimde de?ildi.
~ Prosper Mérimée
Ce lucru mai obisnuit decat minciuna, fie ca e vorba sa ascunzi de pilda slabiciunile zilnice ale unei sanatati despre care vrei sa se creada ca e robusta, sa ascunzi un viciu, sau sa te indrepti fara sa jignesti pe nimeni, spre locul pe care il preferi? E instrumentul de conservare cel ami necesar si cel mai intrebuintat.
~ Proust Marcel