Quotes About Deception

could not ascend. Swiftly I threw off my clothes, pulled on those of a beggar, and put on my pigments and wig. Even a wife's eyes could not pierce so complete a disguise. But then it occurred to me that there might be a search in the room, and that the clothes might betray me. I threw open the window, reopening by my violence a small cut which I had inflicted upon myself in the bedroom that morning. Then I seized my

I'm not going to tell you much more of the case, Doctor. You know a conjuror gets no credit when once he has explained his trick; and if I show you too much of my method of working, you will come to the conclusion that I am a very ordinary individual after all.

rank and file it was difficult to believe that these eager and open-faced young fellows were in very truth a dangerous gang of murderers, whose minds had suffered such complete moral perversion that

Count Sylvius, We give you best, Holmes. I believe you are the devil himself. Not far from him, at any rate, Holmes answered witha polite smile.

No good can ever come of falsehood

I may be on the side of the Angels ,but don't think for one second that I am one of them.

There is nothing more deceptive than an obvious fact," he answered, laughing.

All at once I felt so vain, like a girl posturing for the crowds as she walks along, only to discover the street is empty.

When a man takes a mistress, he doesn't turn around and divorce his wife.

I didn't say to act dead. I said act helpless.

People in the village often said she ought to have been extremely attractive, because her parents had been. Well, a peach has a lovely taste and so does a mushroom, but you can't put the two together; this was the terrible trick nature had played on her.

Pitala sam se jesu li muškarci doista toliko zaslijepljeni ljepotom da bi se osje?ali povlaštenima proživjeti život s nekim stvarnim demonom ako bi to bio lijepi demon.

We human beings have a remarkable way of growing accustomed to things; but when I pictured Mameha dancing her slow lament, hidden from the eyes of her husband and his mistress, I could no more have stopped myself from feeling that sadness than you could stop yourself from smelling an apple that has been cut open on the table before you.

Când Nobu a intrat în înc?pere, zâmbetul fermec?tor al lui Hatsumomo a înflorit, pân? când buzele ei pline au ajuns ca dou? uriaÈ™e pic?turi de sânge adunate la gura unei r?ni.

The truth doesn't only excist of what you see.

History has taught us that often lies serve her better than the truth; for man is sluggish and has to be led through the desert for forty years before each step in his development. And he has to be driven through the desert with threats and promises, by imaginary terrors and imaginary consolations, so that he should not sit down prematurely to rest and divert himself by worshipping golden calves.

We brought you truth, and in our mouth it sounded a lie. We brought you freedom, and it looks in our hands like a whip. We brought you the living life, and where our voice is heard the trees wither and there is a rustling of dry leaves. We brought you the promise of the future, but our tongue stammered and barked. ...

And yet if it be sometimes necessary to conceal facts with words, then it should be done in such manner that it shall not appear; or should it be observed, then a defense should be promptly ready. Niccolò Machiavelli, "Confidential Instructions" to Raffaello Girolami (trans. C. Detmold) But let your communication be, Yea, yea; Nay, nay: for whatsoever is more than these cometh of evil. Matthew 5:37 1.

Die Geschichte hat uns gelehrt, dass man ihr häufiger mit der Lüge als mit der Wahrheit dienen muss, denn ihr Material, der Mensch, ist träge und muss vor jeder neuen Stufe seiner Entwicklung erst vierzig Jahre durch die Wüste geführt werden. Und man muss ihn durch die Wüste treiben mit Drohungen und Lockungen, mit erlogenen Schrecken und erlogenem Trost, damit er sich nicht vorzeitig zur Ruhe setzt und mit der Anbetung goldener Kälber vergnügt.

History has taught us that it must be served more frequently with lies than with the truth, because its human material is by nature sluggish: before every new stage of development the people must first be led through the wilderness for forty years—driven on with threats and enticements, with false frights and feigned consolation, so that they do not stop to rest and entertain themselves with the worship of golden calves.

Trace the contours of your face with a soapy finger on the bathroom mirror (it is easily done by closing one eye). There is a shock waiting: the image which looked life-size has shrunk to half-size, like a headhunter's trophy. A person walking away does not seem to become a dwarf -- as he should; a black glove looks just as black in the sunlight as in shadow -- though it should not;

I know you're no worse than most men but I thought you were better. I never saw you as a man. I saw you as my father.

See, Biff, everybody around me is so false that I'm constantly lowering my ideals...

I look for John Proctor that took me from my sleep and put knowledge in my heart! I never knew what pretence Salem was, I never knew the lying lessons I was taught by all these Christian women and their covenanted men! And now you bid me tear the light out of my eyes! I will not, I cannot! You loved me, John Proctor, and whatever sin it is, you love me yet!