Quotes About Deception

Often the masses are plundered and do not know it.

To rob the public, it is necessary to deceive them. To deceive them, it is necessary to persuade them that they are robbed for their own advantage, and to induce them to accept in exchange for their property, imaginary services, and often worse.

Despoilers obey the Malthusian law; they multiply with the means of existence, and the means of existence of knaves is the credulity of their dupes.

They receive their clients in a study purposely decked out with small statues of our Lady, the saints, candles, incense, soft light, and everything that serves to create a magical, esoterical atmosphere, so useful in subjugating the naive adventurers. ... They are swindlers who make money at the expense of poor simpletons who entrust themselves to them to resolve their problems.

The truth is always a disappointment, which is why everybody lies.

On dit souvent qu'il faut sauver les apparences. Moi je dis qu'il faut les assassiner car c'est le seul moyen d'être sauvé.

Les contes de fées n'existent que dans les contes de fées. La vérité est plus décevante. La vérité est toujours décevante, c'est pourquoi tout le monde ment.

ça ressemble au bonheur, on dirait du bonheur, mais ce n'est pas du bonheur. On devrait être heureux, on ne l'est pas; alors on fait semblant.

Tõde valmistab alati pettumuse, sellepärast kõik valetavadki.

Dragostea este singura deceptie programata, singura nenorocire previzibila, pe care o vrei mereu si mereu.

Basmele nu exista decat in basme. Adevarul este mai dezamagitor. Adevarul este intotdeauna dezamagitor, de-aia minte toata lumea.

Ar rekl?mu nejoko.

Miopia este ultimul t?u lux. Totul este minunat de vaporos, ca într-un videoclip. Totul este de suprafa??.

La dominante característica de mi naturaleza, y que hubiera interesado a otra mujer distinta de ti, es mi espantosa lucidez. Esta habilidad en engañarse a uno mismo, que ayuda a vivir a la mayor parte de los mortales, me ha faltado siempre a mí.

La irreligión no había sido para mí sino una forma vacía donde había resbalado mis humillaciones de pequeño campesino enriquecido, despreciado por sus camaradas burgueses. Yo la llenaba ahora con mi decepción amorosa y con un rencor casi infinito.

La révolution n'a pas de coeur, non. C'est une pute à la jupe fendue qui se fait attendre pendant des siècles et qui vous plante là, au moment où vous ommenciez à être excité. Une pute à la jupe fendue, et perverse au point de vous laisser voir tous ses appâts, pour que jamais plus vous ne puissiez les oublier.

In his failure Nhu had withdrawn so far into himself that in the end his face was a mask that no longer opened onto the real world.

I am a good lawyer," said Renard. "Often I've made right out of wrong and wrong out of right, as it suited me." —ROMAN DE RENARD

Everybody betrayed her, so why expect otherwise? But it turned out that distrust could fool you and endanger you, just as trust could.

Don't trust anybody over a hundred and fifty years old, particularly if they look thirty. Anybody who gets that old in Caverna loses something, and they don't get it back. They can't feel properly any more. They're hollow inside, and all they got left is a hunger – a hunger to feel. They're like . . . great big trap-lanterns, all blind gaping need, and thousands of teeth, with decades to come up with tricks and schemes.

You're a peach full of poison, you know that?" Mosca snapped back, but could not quite keep a hint of admiration from her tone.

In Caverna lies were an art and everybody was an artist, even young children.

What's a little maiming and treachery between friends?

The world is full of liars of different humours.