Quotes About Deception

The most dire of all of life's grueling deceptions wedge themselves in in our minds between truth and perceptions.

Behind the appearance there is a naked conscience.

The difference between the scarecrow and the mannequin is that they both don't know they are being used by others.

The lie comes first because it doesn't care about the truth."

The only trump card I have to beat is the bluff."

When a lie speaks the truth, should we judge by appearance or attitude?"

We create an environment where it is alright to hate, to steal, to cheat, and to lie if we dress it up with symbols of respectability, dignity and love.

It happens so fast, Laina, you don't even realize it's happening. One day, your friends are eating breakfast with you in the canteen, and when it's time for dinner, they're wearing an Imperial uniform.

If you could hear, at every jolt, the bloodCome gargling from the froth-corrupted lungs,Obscene as cancer, bitter as the cudOf vile, incurable sores on innocent tongues,—My friend, you would not tell with such high zestTo children ardent for some desperate glory,The old Lie: Dulce et decorum estPro patria mori.

The old Lie:Dulce et decorum est Pro patria mori.

If you could hear, at every jolt, the blood Come gargling from the froth-corrupted lungs Obscene as cancer, bitter as the cud Of vile, incurable sores on innocent tongues, My friend, you would not tell with such high zest To children ardent for some desperate glory That old lie: Dulce et decorum est Pro patria mori.

There is a tragedy in unloved years, And in those passionate hours by love deceived, In lips unkissed and hopes too soon bereaved, And youth's high courage which no strength could save, And manhood's web of fate by folly weaved, And grey-haired grief brought down into the grave. Who shall distinguish truly and be wise 'Twixt grief and grief, 'twixt night and night?

?nsan?n ihanete katlanabilmesi için, ihanet edenin kendisi olmas? gerek. Oysa ihanetin kurban?ysan, ihanet edene geri dönmek mümkün de?ildir.

Hakikati güvenli?e ye? tutan bir ya?am biçimi içinde elde edilen büyük ba?ar? ve bulgunun yazg?s? ?udur: Senin taraf?ndan büyük bir açgözlülükle yalan?p yutulmak ve sonra gene senin taraf?ndan d??k? olarak at?lmak. Büyük hakikati de?il de küçücük yanl??? ya?am?n?n yol göstericisi olarak gördün.

Tepetaklak duruyorsun, her ?eyi tersten görüyorsun; böyle durmakla, özgürlük türküsünün e?li?inde dans etti?ini san?yorsun. Gördü?ün bu karabasandan uyanacaks?n küçük adam ve göreceksin ki, yata??ndan yuvarlanm??, çaresizlik içinde yerde yatmaktas?n. Çünkü sana bir ?ey verenden çal?yor, seni soyana bir ?eyler veriyorsun.

The fool's crime is the crime that is found out and the wise man's crime is the crime that is not found out.

I say what other people only think, and when all the rest of the world is in a conspiracy to accept the mask for the true face, mine is the rash hand that tears off the plump pasteboard, and shows the bare bones beneath.

I am so stupid, so easily fooled. It's really almost funny. If I could lift a finger I would gladly kill myself.

Reality is in the business of killing off fiction.

I stare at Isabel without blinking. I stare until I can see the pale roots of her natural hair and the expensive skin cream that changed her skin from milk to olive and the colored lenses that gave her yellow eyes and I wonder how she changed her breasts and ass and shortened her legs. I stare at her until her eyes are pointed and her teeth glitter like fangs and I have to close my eyes. If she said her name was Lucy and she faked her death I would believe her.

Unfortunately, this world is full of people who are ready to think the worst when they see a man sneaking out of the wrong bedroom in the middle of the night.

It may be true that you can't fool all the people all the time, but you can fool enough of them to rule a large country.

you can't fool all the people all the time," but you can fool enough of them to rule a large country.

The experience of familiarity has a simple but powerful quality of 'pastness' that seems to indicate that it is a direct reflection of prior experience'. This quality of pastness is an illusion.