Quotes About Deception

Brian Herbert, still watching from the back of the boat, felt justified in losing him in the first place. See, he could say, I told you he was like an eel. The sod must be as double-jointed as a bloody snake.

prevaricating

you wouldnt knew a good thing if came up and slit your throat!

champange for my real friends. real pain for my sham friends

The mouth prays to Buddha, but the heart is full of evil

Are you a politician or does lying just run in your family?

Men always fall for frigid women because they put on the best show.

Why does a heart wear its eyes into hell like slivers of false sunshine

Richard Nixon lied to gain love, to shore up his grandiose fantasies, to bolster his ever-wavering sense of identity. He lied in attack, hoping to win and always he lied, and this most aggressively, to deny that he lied.

Peel away the wife, the mother, find the woman within, and there the she devil is.

She was a bitch. They're all bitches. I'm telling you, they asked me to do it. They begged me.

Listen. Sarah wore a black wig that could have easily been mistaken for your own hair. You told me she said the rapist went wild after he pulled off the wig. Of course he'd become unglued. At that point he realized that he had the wrong woman.

La única certidumbre sobre la naturaleza de la traición, se decía Bora, es que, a diferencia de la ofensa, es irreparable.

Ed ella sentiva che era un altro inganno quell'immaginarsi oggetto di attenzione di qualcuno, quella nuova aspettazione di essere capace di vincere la diffidenza che la amareggiava...[...]. Ah, se l'autore di quella rovina avesse potuto leggerle il cuore, vederne lo strazio! [...]. Poi, i rimproveri che rivolgeva verso di lui cadevano anch'essi; ella riconosceva la propria parte d'errore.

Come credeva alla iettatura, era incrollabile nell'opinione che il colera fosse un malefizio, un espediente di governo inteso a sfollare le popolazioni, a incutere un salutare timore nei superstiti. Dinanzi allo zio duca, sapendolo dell'opinione contraria, più «progressista», cioè che la peste venisse per correnti atmosferiche, taceva prudentemente; ma con Fersa si sbottonava, derideva le quarantene e tutti gli altri amminnicoli fatti per darla a bere ai gonzi.

Porque tú crees que el tiempo cura y que las paredes tapan, y no es verdad, no es verdad.

Initium Adán y Eva. La serpiente partió el espejo en mil pedazos, y la manzana fue la piedra.

Le atrajeron con engaños, que el creyó, por su desdicha, y se acercó, satisfecho, con sus buques, a la orilla. ¡Malhaya el corazón noble que de los malos se fía!, que al poner el pie en la arena, le prendieron los realistas.

Ninguno de ellos me miraba y yo viajaba como un traicionero." p. 232

When enough people share a short-lived delusion, vast sums of money can be acquired overnight.

the Devil can quote scripture for his own purpose'.

Getting rich is mostly sleight of hand, but if you acquire no audience but a mirror, then there is no illusion with which to get rich. Paper

Nothing is as it seems.

perverted friends and clients.   Charles Martin tightened the collar of his jacket. Of all the months of the year