Quotes About Deception

Dissimulation is innate in woman, and almost as much a quality of the stupid as of the clever.

Truth that is naked is the most beautiful, and the simpler its expression the deeper is the impression it makes; this is partly because it gets unobstructed hold of the hearerÂ's mind without his being distracted by secondary thoughts, and partly because he feels that here he is not being corrupted or deceived by the arts of rhetoric, but that the whole effect is got from the thing itself.

The call to abandon illusions is a call to abandon a condition which requires illusions.

There is a greater difference between the genuine Christian and the deceived professing Christian than there is between a living man and a corpse. None need remain in doubt if they will honestly measure themselves by the Holy Word of God.

And the sad thing is that while men refuse to believe the Word of the living God, yet they are sufficiently credulous to accept Satan's lies.

The multitude who cried "Hosanna to the Son of David," speedily changed to "Away with Him, Crucify Him.

The whole art of war consists in getting at what is on the other side of the hill.

En vår var Vatanens kone blitt gravid, men hadde straks tatt abort. Hun hadde hevdet at en barneseng ikke ville ha gjort seg blant de øvrige møblene, men den mest sannsynlige årsaken hadde gått opp for Vatanen først etter aborten: Det var ikke Vatanens barn.

Gustavo Solivellas dice: "Se requiere mucha inteligencia para disfrazar de artificio las propias emociones" (Arturo Pérez-Reverte)

As far as cheating goes , you have illustrious predecessors . Theseus escaped from the labyrinth thanks to Ariadne's thread , Jason stole the golden fleece with Medea's help .... The Kaurabas used subterfuge to win at dice in the Mahabharata , and the Achaeans checkmated the Trojans by moving a wooden horse . Your conscience is clear .

Para Falcó, palabras como patria, amor o futuro no tenían ningún sentido. Era un hombre del momento, entrenado para serlo. Un lobo en la sombra. Ávido y peligroso. Después

Goûtons un peu ce simulacre de bonheur

Sucede que el diablo es muy astuto. Sucede que no siempre es tan feo como dicen. (J. Cazotte. El diablo enamorado)

no trap can be successful without uncounsciously cooperation from a victim. No one forces the mouse to seek cheese in a mousetrap.

I would say that chess has more to do with the art of murder than it does with the art of war.

Hay mujeres admirables, acostumbradas a pensar. Damas inteligentes, libres de espíritu, que se sitúan por encima de los prejuicios y combinan el alma fuerte de los hombres con la sensibilidad de su sexo. —Eso es muy cierto. Quizá por eso, las mujeres de talento aman más tiernamente a sus viejos amigos que a sus jóvenes amantes... Ellas pueden engañar a veces al marido o al amante, pero nunca al amigo.

en política, negocios y sexo, traicionar es sólo cuestión de fechas.

Porque la religión es la mayor forma de engaño inventada por el hombre.

Y es que, en cuestión de mujeres, a veces oyes canto de sirena y te sale loba de mar.

Ellas te matan y sigues andando y no sabes que estás muerto.

Sonrió también Falcó, cómplice. La sonrisa de quien poseía una confianza inquebrantable en la crueldad, la estupidez y la codicia de los seres humanos.

Una cosa es que uno dé la vida por su deber, si hace falta, y otra que se engañe sobre la naturaleza de reyes y gobiernos...

No es lo mismo desvestir santos que vestirlos. Manejar ideas que afrontar hechos...

Why don't we go to the police?" "And say what? That Milady and Rochefort, Cardinal Richelieu's agents, have stolen from us a chapter of The Three Musketeers and a book for summoning Lucifer? That the devil has fallen in love with me and been incarnated as a twenty-year-old girl who now acts as my bodyguard? What would you do if you were Inspector Maigret and I came and told you all that.