Quotes About Deception

That old mountebank? He won't find out anything. He's all talk and moustaches.

Which crime—the first or the second?" "There is only one—what you call the first and second murder are only the two halves of the same crime. The second half is simple—the motive—

Yes, yes, it is as I say. You tell your lies and you think nobody knows. But there are two people who know. Yes—two people. One is le bon Dieu—" He raised a hand to heaven, and then settling himself back in his chair and shutting his eyelids, he murmured comfortably: "And the other is Hercule Poirot.

Wife murder is perfectly possible—almost natural, let's say!

More murders have been committed for respectability than one would believe possible! The

But I came to it at last through pursuing the rule I have just mentioned. And I was forced to recognize this: That every army and every navy and every police force has a certain number of traitors within its ranks, much as we hate to admit the idea.

Yes, poor Sir Bartholomew's death has been rather a godsend to me. There's just an off chance, you see, that I might have murdered him. I've rather played up to that.

I have been wondering—whether it might perhaps be all much simpler than we suppose. Murders so often are quite simple—with an obvious rather sordid motive….

La gente que más daño nos hace es la que nos escuda contra la realidad.

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One must have the courage to face reality. Without that courage, life is meaningless. The people who do us most harm are the people who shield us from reality

?nsanlar yalanlara gerçeklerden daha kolay inan?rlar.

But rest assured, my indications will lead you to the truth." He paused. Then he said: "And perhaps, then, you would wish that they had not led you so far. You would say instead: 'Ring down the curtain.

I showed him both letters when the second one came. He was inclined to think the whole thing a hoax.

What you've been saying. It's just words. It doesn't mean anything.

That's the worst of our job," said Race despondently. "So many people keep back the truth for positively futile reasons.

C'è in essi molta ipocrisia, a Natale, onorevole ipocrisia, senza dubbio, ipocrisia "pour le bon motif", ma sempre ipocrisia.

Miss Debenham, whose second name is Hermione,

Pero recuerde que en esta vida las cosas no son tan bonitas como parecen a primera vista.

Not at all," said Mrs. Oliver. "Least likely person. It seems to work out in real life just the same as in books.

Quando se quer apanhar um coelho, mete-se-lhe uma doninha na toca, e se o coelho lá estiver, foge. Foi tudo o que fiz.

Prego, mio caro; ci si può sempre ingannare. Guardi una grande attrice: la sua mimica del dolore commuove e scuote, tanto è vera.

But his face should really inspire you with confidence, my dear lady. No self-respecting murderer would ever consent to look like one. Crippen now, I believe was one of the pleasantest fellows imaginable.

Recuerde que en esta vida las cosas no son tan bonitas como parecen a primera vista.