Quotes About Deception

We are nothing but lies, duplicity, contradiction, and we hide and disguise ourselves from ourselves.

186] You abuse the trust people have in the Church and make them believe anything.

Nos magistrats ont bien connu ce mystère. Leurs robes rouges, leurs hermines dont ils s'emmaillotent en chaffourés, les palais où ils jugent, les fleurs de lys, tout cet appareil auguste était fort nécessaire, et si les médecins n'avaient des soutanes et des mules, et que les docteurs n'eussent des bonnets carrés et des robes trop amples de quatre parties, jamais ils n'auraient dupé le monde qui ne peut résister à cette montre si authentique.

Truly it is an evil to be full of faults; but it is a still greater evil to be full of them, and to be unwilling to recognise them, since that is to add the further fault of a voluntary illusion. We do not like others to deceive us; we do not think it fair that they should be held in higher esteem by us than they deserve; it is not then fair that we should deceive them, and should wish them to esteem us more highly than we deserve.

La verdad está tan obnubilada en este tiempo y la mentira tan sentada que, a menos de amar la verdad, ya no es posible conocerla.

Ugly deeds are most estimable when hidden.

Le dernier acte est sanglant, quelque belle soit la comédie en tout le reste.

All the truth in the world adds up to one big lie.

Ain't it just like the night to play tricks when you're tryin' to be so quiet?

You've got a lotta nerve to say you are my friend. When I was down you just stood there a grinin

There must be some kind of way out of here,' said the joker to the thief...

I hate myself for loving you and the weakness that it showed. You were just a painted face on a trip down to suicide road.

Come you masters of war You that build all the guns You that build the death planes You that build the big bombs You that hide behind walls You that hide behind desks I just want you to know I can see through your masks.

Truth was the last thing on my mind, and even if there was such a thing, I didn't want it in my house. Oedipus went looking for the truth and when he found it, it ruined him. It was a cruel horror of a joke. So much for the truth. I was gonna talk out of both sides of my mouth and what you heard depended on which side you were standing. If I ever did stumble on any truth, I was gonna sit on it and keep it down.

and if anybody asks me is it easy to forget I'll say it is easily done, you just pick anyone, and pretend that you never have met

But it grieves my heart, love, To see you tryin' to be a part of A world that just don't exist. It's all just a dream, babe, A vacuum, a scheme, babe, That sucks you into feelin' like this. I can see that your head Has been twisted and fed By worthless foam from the mouth. I can tell you are torn Between stayin' and returnin' On back to the South. From To Ramona

You've gotta lotta nerve to say you are my friend When I was down you just stood there grinnin' You've gotta lotta nerve to say you have a helping hand to lend You just want to be on the side that's winnin' You see me on the street, you always act surprised Ya say how are you?, good luck, but ya don't mean it When you know as well as me you'd rather see me paralyzed Why don't you just come out once and scream it

Your debutante just knows what you need, but I know what you want.

I can hear the turning of the key I've been deceived by the clown inside of me I thought that he was righteous but he's vain Oh, something's a-telling me I wear the ball and chain My patron saint is a-fighting with a ghost He's always off somewhere when I need him most

I offered up my innocence and got repaid with scorn

all is phony.

He's lying." No one seemed surprised at Scout's announcement about Foreman. "He's a spook," Nada said. "They lie every time they open their mouths, even if it's just to breathe.

They said smart bombs would do the job, but they didn't either, contrary to what CNN and the Discovery channel tout on their specials.

In wartime, truth is so precious that she should always be attended by a bodyguard of lies. —Winston Churchill