Quotes About Deception

Wasing not of wasing is", Quentin added.

Don't make too many waves until you're ready to strike. Don't appear too innocent, but don't appear too smart either. Be average.

Maybe it doesn't matter what he thinks. It's hard to feel that, but I can say it. That feels like a different kind of lying. One that's not all untrue.

One man lying about is being idle; two men lying about is a lunch break.

It would be like finding out that you'd drawn lots for dessert at the Factory and been only one number off, only it didn't matter because Pete already snuck in to steal the dessert, so nobody was going to get any anyway - not even Pete, because it turns out there had never been any dessert to begin with.

Everyone betrays everyone else. That's the way life is….

In her business, there were many who laughed at honest men, calling them easy pickings. That was a fallacy. Being honest did not make one naive. A dishonest fool and an honest fool were equally easy to scam; you just went about it in different ways. However, a man who was honest and clever was always, always more difficult to scam than someone who was both dishonest and clever.

I'm always truthful as well. So full of truth, in fact, that sometimes it squeezes the lies right out my lips. There isn't a place for them inside, you see.

There is a saying in the Steel Ministry," Yomen finally said. " 'Sit down to dine with evil, and you will ingest it with your meal.

Wasing not of wasing is," Quentin added.

It's beneficial to have a reputation for honesty, if only so that one can lie at crucial moments.

All warfare is based on deception, Sun Tzu had said. When we are able to attack, we must seem unable. When we are near, we must make the enemy believe we are far away; when far away, we must make him believe we are near.

That was always their mistake—assuming they knew why Shai did what she did.

You're too untrusting, Susebron wrote. I keep telling you. My priests are good people. She regarded him flatly, catching his eyes. Except for removing my tongue, he admitted.

And which would you rather live in? The fake prison where you think you are free, or the real prison where you spend each day in drudgery?

I tried my best to hide this , the Stormfather said. "So we could continue living a lie?" It is, in my experience, the thing men do best.

Ah, Ham, Kelsier thought. I wish I could explain everything to you. Plots behind plots, plans beyond plans. There was always another secret.

Si dejas que alguien se te acerque, solo te lastimara mas cuando te traicione.

Well, I like sincere people," Shallan said, raising her cup. "It's delightful how surprised they look when you push them down the stairs.

Plots behind plots, plans beyond plans. There was always another secret.

Amaram and Sadeas. Two men in Kaladin's life who would, at some point, need to pay for the things they'd done.

So, we came all this way," Wyndle said, "and tracked the most dangerous man we've ever met, merely so you could steal his breakfast.

Yes, he was the one who fueled the rumors after that. I could never have done what he himself did, convincing and persuading the world that he was indeed the Hero. I don't know if he himself believed it, but he made others think that he must be the one.

These places tend to have row upon row of neat bookshelves, arranged nicely. They are presented attractively for the same reason that kittens are cute—so that they can draw you in, then pounce on you for the kill. Seriously. Stay away from kittens.