Quotes About Deception

1 Cor. iv. 5, "Therefore, judge nothing before the time, until the Lord come, who will both bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and will make manifest the counsels of the hearts: and then shall every man have praise of God." Then none shall be deceived concerning his own state, nor shall be any more in doubt about it. There shall be an eternal end to all the ill conceit and vain hopes of deluded hypocrites, and all the doubts and fears of sincere Christians.

Unconverted men walk over the pit of hell on a rotten covering, and there are innumerable places in this covering so weak that they won't bear their weight, and these places are not seen.

La verdadera conversión es algo raro; Pero que los hombres sean sacados de una falsa esperanza de conversión, una vez depositada y establecidos en ella, y habiendo permanecido en ella durante algún tiempo, es mucho más raro.

obfuscating everything in sight

To me, horror is when I see somebody lying. I mean a person I know. A friend. And he's telling me something that I accept. And then suddenly, as he or she is telling it, there's something that gives them away. They're not telling me the truth.

Fraud is the daughter of greed.

The humiliating climbdown, the necessary deception, and stepping over one's pride: they should each have their honoured place in a modern account of the political virtues.

We lie, cheat, and cut ethical corners quite often when we think we can get away with it, and then we use our moral thinking to manage our reputations and justify ourselves to others.

the great majority of mankind are satisfied with appearances, as though they were realities, and are often more influenced by the things that seem than by those that are.

Millon et al. 1998. Psychopaths often care what others think, but only as part of a plan to manipulate or exploit others. They don't have emotions such as shame and guilt that make it painful for them when others see through their lies and come to hate them. They don't have an automatic unconscious sociometer.

origins. We are indeed selfish hypocrites so skilled at putting on a show of virtue that we fool even ourselves.

The Fairness/cheating foundation

WE LIE, CHEAT, AND JUSTIFY SO WELL THAT WE HONESTLY BELIEVE WE ARE HONEST

Besides, lead someone down an unknown road and soon there're completely lost without you. I just have to keep the others from interfering for a short while. Any suggestions? -Kill them. -Kill them. -Kill them. -Kill them. -Hmmm. Okay.

What are you saying? Multiple bad guys?" "I was actually wondering about one bad

he pulled it off, I got stuck with him. He thought by being an A-plus ass-kisser he could get into my good graces. Sleazy. Did he finally turn criminal?" Speaking evenly but no mistaking the anger. Milo said, "Finally?

I have always been careful of people who say they are behind me because that's where you need to be if you are going to stab them in the back.

The world is bigger and harder to understand than you think... You have to keep your mind as wide-open as your eyes, because almost nothing is what it seems.

Ludo, for Christ's sake stop saying okey-dokey. We're master criminals. We're supervillains. Can't you come up with something that doesn't sound like we're a couple of hicks?" "Yes, Your Exalted Evilness. How's that? Or should I call you Dark Lady?

Distance is a liar. Perspective, on the other hand, is a brutally honest motherfucker. - Joe Ledger, "Hot Time in the Old Town

H)ope was like a backstabbing friend. You could trust it sometimes, and then it would turn and drive its blade deep.

They're politicians, and politics is about leverage, not about the truth.

There are others who aim at popularity under the disguise of patriotism.

Believing the lie that time will heal all wounds is just a nice way of saying that time deadens us.