Quotes About Deception

that the unfortunate thing about losing the trivia game was that they had been caught cheating and should have cheated better, I wondered if it was possible that they had never been taught that lying was a bad thing.

I know what life is. This is not life. This is death disguised as life.

If you are far from the enemy, make him believe you are near.

All war is based on deception.

Secret operations are essential in war upon them the army relies to make its every move.

All men can see these tactics whereby I conquer, but what none can see is the strategy out of which victory is evolved.

All war is deception.

O divine art of subtlety and secrecy! Through you we learn to be invisible, through you inaudible and hence we can hold the enemy's fate in our hands.

Appear weak when you are strong, and strong when you are weak.

Let your plans be dark and impenetrable as night, and when you move, fall like a thunderbolt.

All warfare is based on deception. Hence, when we are able to attack, we must seem unable; when using our forces, we must appear inactive; 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.

If your enemy is secure at all points, be prepared for him. If he is in superior strength, evade him. If your opponent is temperamental, seek to irritate him. Pretend to be weak, that he may grow arrogant. If he is taking his ease, give him no rest. If his forces are united, separate them. If sovereign and subject are in accord, put division between them. Attack him where he is unprepared, appear where you are not expected .

When the enemy is relaxed, make them toil. When full, starve them. When settled, make them move.

Be extremely subtle even to the point of formlessness. Be extremely mysterious even to the point of soundlessness. Thereby you can be the director of the opponent's fate.

Oh yes, I want to play with 'Samson'. Come to Delilah.

All warfare is based on deception. There is no place where espionage is not used. Offer the enemy bait to lure him.

War is based on deception.

You cannot fool all of the people, all of the time.

When I say that consciousness is an illusion I do not mean that consciousness does not exist. I mean that consciousness is not what it appears to be. If it seems to be a continuous stream of rich and detailed experiences, happening one after the other to a conscious person, this is the illusion.

Trust Kills Lust

Joelle is not convoluted but simple, not sullen but sunny, yet she has the extensive clandestine life of a career criminal, and this used to enthrall Sarah. Now Joelle appears stripped bare, her essence exposed. She's just a party girl, overeager to be liked.

Social Security is the greatest swindle of the poor ever.

Socialism is a fraud, a comedy, a phantom, a blackmail.

The world is governed more by appearance than realities so that it is fully as necessary to seem to know something as to know it.