Quotes About Deception

An aphorism? Fire without flames. Understandable that no one tries to warm himself at it.

That there should be a reality hidden behind appearances is, after all, quite possible; that language might render such a thing would be an absurd hope.

I very much like this one :" For you who no longer posses it, freedom is everything..For us who do it is merely an illusion..

Our only choice is between irrespirable truths and salutary frauds.

An den Verheißungen der Utopie scheint alles bewundernswert und ist alles falsch; an den Feststellungen der Reaktionäre ist alles verabscheuenswert und scheint alles wahr.

DecepÅ£iile repetate presupun ambiÅ£ii inumane. Oamenii cu adev?rat triÅŸti sunt aceia care, neputând r?sturna totul, s-au acceptat ca ruin? a idealului lor.

Sa petreci o seara intreaga langa un om care traieste in minciuna,care e un gunoi dar nu stie (sau nu crede) ca este,o asemenea seara iti lasa un dezgust care a doua zi te bantuie si-ti strica ziua.

Femeia a contat în ochii noÅŸtri cât timp a simulat pudoarea ÅŸi reÅ£inerea. Ce eroare, din parte-i, s? înceteze s?-ÅŸi mai joace rolul! Deja nu mai valoreaz? nimic, de vreme ce ne seam?n?. AÅŸa dispare una din ultimele minciuni care f?ceau existenÅ£a suportabil?.

Filozofia hindus? urm?reÅŸte eliberarea; a grecilor, cu excepÅ£ia lui Pyrrhon, a lui Epicur ÅŸi a câtorva inclasificabili, este decepÅ£ionat?: nu caut? decât adev?rul.

Talentul" e mijlocul cel mai sigur de a denatura totul, de a sluÅ£i înf??iÅŸarea lucrurilor ÅŸi de a te înÅŸela în privinÅ£a propriei tale persoane. ExistenÅ£a adev?rat? e apanajul acelora pe care natura nu i-a copleÅŸit cu vreo înzestrare. De aceea, e greu de conceput un univers mai fals decît cel literar ÅŸi un om mai lipsit de adev?r decît literatul. (Silogismele amaraciunii)

Men follow only those who give them illusions. There have never been gatherings around a disillusioned.

El talento es el medio más seguro de falsearlo todo, de deformar las cosas y de equivocarse acerca de uno mismo. Sólo poseen una existencia verdadera aquellos a quienes la naturaleza no ha abrumado con ningún don. Sería por ello difícil de imaginar un universo más falso que el universo literario, o un hombre más desprovisto de realidad que el hombre de letras.

Deceptiile repetate presupun ambitii inumane. Oamenii cu adevarat tristi sint acei care, neputind rasturna totul, s-au acceptat ca ruina a propriului ideal.

Când omul va putea vorbi de am?giri ca de realit??i, atunci el va fi mântuit.

Viciul regretului, nici m?car nu m? pot l?uda c? l-am dobândit prin propriile mele decepÅ£ii. M? precede, face parte din patrimoniul tribului meu. Asta da moÅŸtenire, inaptitudinea la iluzie!

Mystery — a word we use to deceive others, to convince them we are "deeper" than they are.

It is because of speech that men give the illusion of being free. If they did — without a word — what they do, we would take them for robots. By speaking, they deceive themselves, as they deceive others: because they say what they are going to do, who could suspect they are not masters of their actions?

There is no false sensation.

The fear of being deceived is the vulgar version of the quest for Truth.

For all its lucidity, this people readily sacrifices to illusion: it hopes, it always hopes too much

Strictly speaking, history does not repeat itself, but since the illusions man is capable of are limited in number, they always return in another disguise, thereby giving some ultradecrepit filth a look of novelty and a tragic glaze.

When we have committed the folly of confiding a secret to someone, the only way of being sure he will keep it to himself is to kill him on the spot.

În afara clipei totul este minciun?.

To deliver blows none of which land, to attack everyone without anyone's noticing, to shoot arrows whose poison you alone receive!