Quotes About Deception

Tori did something like this on Derek's phone, it would be grounds for a breakup. If Josh found out, he might kill her, and then all of this, everything she'd done, would be for nothing.

Everything Amelia had posted online had been a lie, yes. The relatable, inspirational, authentic girl had been a fraud all along. Josh had been too swept up in his own narrative to realize it had been Mignon's spirit she was mirroring back to him.

Sometimes things seem good at first . . . but we learn the hard way that they weren't as good as we thought.

The most common of all follies is to believe passionately in the palpably not true. It is the chief occupation of mankind.

It is hard to believe a man when you know that you would lie if you were in his place.

Three things never trust in- The maiden sworn as pure, The vows a king has given, And an ambush that is sure.

There are more nasty things in pretty packages in the world than most people would believe.

Evil done in the name of a Power of good is still evil. And good done in the name of a Power of evil is still good.

Why do we grow up thinking life should be fair? Who told us that it should be? Because it never is, and finding that out . . . hurts worse than a lie.

Platitudes might satisfy for a short time, father—but soon or late, the people will realize they are being fed form without substance. What I tell them must be the truth, and I must believe it, and I must hold to it.

Always seeing a child as the innocent left you open to not seeing when the child was scheming to take you down. It

Be careful when someone repeats something too often; things that are repeated often enough can start to seem to be true, even when they are not.

I am a woman pretending to be a man, pretending to be this ship's first officer, pretending to be a pirate, pretending to be innocent of murder … I begin to lose track of all the roles I am playing.

These spiders spun a cunning web, beginning as they always did by eroding conditions gradually, with rights converted to privilege, then the privilege revoked on one pretense or another, always for an excellent reason, always on a temporary basis, until the next privilege was taken and the previous grievance forgotten.

Make your motivations secret to the enemy, fool them into false planning, use their force against them, lead them onto harsh ground, hold true to the beliefs of your followers, and show them the ways they may become like you. Lead by example.

Lying has become so much the accepted norm that people lie even when it would be simpler to tell the truth.

Widespread cultural acceptance of lying is a primary reason many of us will never know love.

Often, men who would never think of lying in the workplace lie constantly in intimate relationships. This seems to be especially the case for heterosexual men who see women as gullible.

Trusting that another person always intends your good, having a core foundation of loving practice, cannot exist within a context of deception.

When men lie to women, presenting a false self, the terrible price they pay to maintain power over us is the loss of their capacity to give and receive love.

Widespread cultural acceptance of lying is a primary reason many of us will never know love. It is impossible to nurture one's own or another's spiritual growth when the core of one's being and identity is shrouded in secrecy and lies. Trusting that another person always intends your good, having a core foundation of loving practice, cannot exist within a context of deception.

Lies may make people feel better, but they do not help them to know love.

as mentiras que muitos meninos aprendem a contar para evitar magoar a mamãe ou seja lá quem for se tornam tão habituais que eles passam a ter dificuldade em distinguir entre mentira e verdade. Esse comportamento os acompanha pela vida adulta.

Patriarchal masculinity requires of boys and men not only that they see themselves as more powerful and superior to women but that they do whatever it takes to maintain their controlling position. This is one of the reasons men, more so than women, use lying as a means of gaining power in relationships.