Quotes About Deception

Somewhere between the honest truth and the deceptive lie is the deceptive truth and the honest lie.

Falsehood is often rocked by truth, but she soon outgrows her cradle and discards her nurse.

Lies always come first, dragging fools along by their irreparable vulgarity. Truth always lags last, limping along on the arm of time.

History is the lie commonly agreed upon.

The interesting thing about averages is that they hide the truth very effectively.

Truth - An ingenious compound of desirability and appearance.

Novelists tell that piece of truth hidden at the bottom of every lie.

The whole is the false.

Martha: Truth or illusion, George; you don't know the difference. George: No, but we must carry on as though we did. Martha: Amen.

Alas, the spheres of truth are less transparent than those of illusion.

A peace-mingling falsehood is preferable to a mischief-stirring truth.

Truth is always a delusion.

In argument, truth always prevails finally; in politics, falsehood always.

Art is a lie that makes us realise truth ... that is given us to understand.

A lie always needs a truth for a handle to it.

I learned life were no dream I learned truth deceived Man is not God Life is a century Death an instant

Gossip lies nine times and tells a half truth the tenth.

Truth will flourish in fantasy, only to wither and die in what you are pleased to call reality.

A sweet lie is more gracious for us than a virulent but real truth.

I don't think that we necessarily lie. I mean, we make our living by pretending that we're someone else. I don't tell tall tales. I always tell the truth.

To crooked eyes truth may wear a wry face

The truth is not beautiful - it stands on cloven hooves - it is covered in coagulated blood - but it is the truth.

Why can you believe the lie, but not the truth?

A divine falsehood is more powerful than any human truth.