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Quotes About Deception

No enemy is worse than bad advice.
~ Sophocles
An open foe may prove a curse, but a pretended friend is worse.
~ John Gay
Beauty is often worse than wine; intoxicating both the holder and beholder.
~ John Zimmerman
Infidelity is horrible - there's nothing worse than that; it's devastating.
~ Jessica Capshaw
Faked enthusiasm is worse than bad acting - it is bad acting with the intent to deceive.
~ Bo Bennett
You know the bark is worse than the bite in D.C.
~ John Ensign
When a politician uses the word 'folks,' we should brace ourselves for the deceit, or worse, that is coming.
~ Noam Chomsky
Evil wants you to think that its power is absolute, endless. It wants to so make you quake and quiver that all you'll do is fall down and worship it.
~ Vernon Howard
Conceal a flaw, and the world will imagine the worst.
~ Marcus Valerius Martial
The ninth, the worst circle of the Inferno - Dante intended it for traitors.
~ Alija Izetbegovic
A lie with a purpose is one of the worst kind, and the most profitable.
~ Finley Peter Dunne
Those who appear the most sanctified are the worst.
~ Elizabeth I
Iago is one of the most liked characters in Shakespeare's canon, and he's the most evil, most extraordinarily manipulative person in history. He says the worst, most politically incorrect things, even for the time the play is set in - and yet audiences adore that character.
~ Kelsey Grammer
Public relations is at best promotion or manipulation, at worst evasion and outright deception. What it is never about is a free flow of information.
~ Heather Brooke
I'm the worst liar - I can't lie for my life. And I don't lie at all, because I'm the worst liar - but as a kid, I thought I was a great liar, so I would lie all the time, but everybody knew I was lying.
~ Julia Garner
I'm the world's worst at reading reviews and then pretending I've read the book.
~ Abi Morgan
The worst is, a friend will invite me over, and she'll say, 'Hey, you've been working so hard. I'll make you dinner. It'll be great.' I'm like, 'That's so sweet! Thank you!' And I'll come over, and she's got hardwood samples laid out! She's using me!
~ Jonathan Scott
If you lose your house and your life savings to a broker, you'd probably throw them in the same category as the worst gangsters in history. Everybody's definition of carnage and evil is different.
~ Terence Winter
The worst kind of lying I've ever done is keeping things from people.
~ Elijah Wood
I committed pretty much the worst thing you can do, which is defraud the readers.
~ Michael Finkel
An ounce of hypocrisy is worth a pound of ambition.
~ Michael Korda
One picture is worth 1,000 denials.
~ Ronald Reagan
Rough diamonds may sometimes be mistaken for worthless pebbles.
~ Thomas Browne
Donald Trump is a phony, a fraud. His promises are as worthless as a degree from Trump University.
~ Mitt Romney