Quotes About Deception

The enemy of my enemy can still betray me. The enemy of my enemy can still kill me. —EMPEROR RODERICK CORRINO I

Assumptions are a transparent grid through which we view the universe, sometimes deluding ourselves that the grid is that universe. —COGITOR EKLO OF EARTH

Logic and reason are deceptive. They can lead a person to lose his soul. —MANFORD TORONDO, speech on Salusa Secundus

We avoid what we do not wish to see; we are deaf to what we do not wish to hear; we ignore what we do not wish to know. We are masters of self-deception, of manipulating our perceptions. —Bene Gesserit summation, Wallach IX archives

The most insidious enemy is one that resides in your own household. And not all such enemies have a human face. —DUKE PAULUS ATREIDES, "Counsel to Future Dukes

A man cannot drink from a mirage, but he can drown in it.

Suspicions have a way of becoming "facts," even if they have no basis in truth. —PRINCESS IRULAN, The Book of Muad'Dib

Those who think they see most clearly are often more blind than the rest.

Some lies are easier to believe than the truth. —Orange Catholic Bible

Facts mean nothing when they are preempted by appearances. Do not underestimate the power of impression over reality. —CROWN PRINCE RAPHAEL CORRINO, The Rudiments of Power

When the shepherd is a wolf, the flock becomes only so much meat.

Scoffin' a load of our grub an' not tellin' a story? I say, what a bally swizz!

The crafty otter produced a flat pebble from his helmet, spat on one side of it, and held it up for the bird to see. 'Right, I'll spin ye. Dry side, I win, wet side, you lose. Good?' The honey buzzard nodded eagerly... Buteo's keen eyes watched every spin of the stone until it clacked down flat on the deck. Garfo grinned from ear to ear. 'Wet side! You lose!

Regardless of sex, everyone loses something in a war... but the first casualty is always the truth.

Anyone can kill you, but it takes someone you know to really HURT you.

Ciba: I thought you were supposed to be some big brave war hero. What about that goddamn gold star you polish every night? Natalya: You know what this shiny piece of tin is, you fucking space cadet? It's the way stupid boys trick other stupid boys into dying for bullshit causes ... and I'm done acting like one of them.

The boy moths get fooled by a smell? No, they get fooled by sex. All males do.

war is tragedy, it is better to live than to die, young men who go down to dusty death in battle have been horribly tricked.

But lies have a life of their own and are harder to kill than either men or unicorns.

When you see a giant, make sure it isn't a dwarf standing in a favourable light. Thus we approach 'the mystery of Jack the Ripper.

The house was full of relatives and poison, undercurrents camouflaged with cosmetic mirth.

Most people's deaths are a sham. There's nothing left to die.

Quién te ha dicho que no puede haber amor verdadero, fiel y eterno en el mundo, que no existe? ¡Que le corten la lengua repugnante a ese mentiroso!

This is true freedom: a mind that is no longer deceived by itself. Ruth: