Quotes About Deception

I am in no mood to be deceived any longer by the crafty devil and false character whose greatest pleasure is to take advantage of everyone.

Don't be afraid in nature: one must be bold, at the risk of having been deceived and making mistakes.

I have discovered the art of deceiving diplomats. I tell them the truth and they never believe me.

hubo de conocer al hombre que había de labrarle la ruina; no la de la honra; que bien arruinada debía de andar ya por entonces, sino la del bolsillo, que una vez perdida aquélla, era por la única que tenía que mirar.

Cientos y cientos de bachilleres caen en el íntimo, en el sublime y delicadísimo vicio solitario. Y algunas docenas de muchachas esperan -¿qué esperan, Dios mío?, ¿por qué las tienen tan engañadas? – con la mente llena de dorados sueños…

Las cosas nunca son como a primera vista las figuramos, y así ocurre que cuando empezamos a verlas de cerca, cuando empezamos a trabajar sobre ellas, nos presentan tan raros y hasta tan desconocidos aspectos; tal pasa con las caras que nos imaginamos, con los pueblos que vamos a conocer, que nos los hacemos de tal o de cual forma en la cabeza, para olvidarlos repentinamente ante la vista de lo verdadero.

Es grave confundir la anestesia con la esperanza.

What I didn't understand was that in spite of their power, word meanings are sometimes hidden or disguised.

the truth may hurt initially, but it heals much better than the rigid scar caused by a lie!

desperate people can make themselves believe anything!

My dad says it's because I haven't met the right girl yet, but sometimes I think maybe I've met her five times already but ended up staring at her friend all night and asking her out, the one who would eventually steal eighty dollars out of my wallet to pay for a bikini wax, which I never got to see.

Give me six lines written by the most honorable of men, and I will find an excuse in them to hang him.

Through pride we are ever deceiving ourselves. But deep down below the surface of the average conscience a still, small voice says to us, something is out of tune.

Sentimentality is a superstructure covering brutality.

Observance of customs and laws can very easily be a cloak for a lie so subtle that our fellow human beings are unable to detect it. It may help us to escape all criticism, we may even be able to deceive ourselves in the belief of our obvious righteousness. But deep down, below the surface of the average man's conscience, he hears a voice whispering, 'There is something not right,' no matter how much his rightness is supported by public opinion or by the moral code.

Please don't grow up to be one of those men who lie for the sport of it, and most men do. That's a fact. That's why the world is so messed up, Noah. That's why history books are full of so much heartache, and tragedy. Politicians, dictators, kings, phoney-baloney preachers-most of 'em are men, and most of 'em lie like rugs

To me dreams are part of nature, which harbors no intention to deceive but expresses something as best it can.

Each is deceived by the sense of finality peculiar to the stage of development at which he stands.

Mostly, they are deceptive sweetenings of existence, like speedier communications which unpleasantly accelerate the tempo of life and leave us with less time than ever before. Omnis festinatio ex parte diaboli est—all haste is of the devil, as the old masters used to say.

Forced teaming is an effective way to establish premature trust because a we're-in-the-same-boat attitude is hard to rebuff without feeling rude.

David Mamet's film House of Games is a wonderful exploration of cons and con artists that shows forced teaming at work.

Samuel Smiles said, "Personalities itself is plainly a vehicle for self-advancement. Men who's acts are a direct variance with their words command no respect, and what they say has but little weight." Trust, formerly earned through actions, is now purchased through slight of hand and slight of words.

Cuando aceptamos que la violencia la comete gente que mira y actúa como el resto de nosotros, silenciamos la voz de la negación, la voz que susurra: "Este tipo no parece un asesino".

When people are telling the truth, they don't feel doubted, so they don't feel the need for additional support in the form of details. When people lie, however, even if what they say sounds credible to you, it doesn't sound credible to them, so they keep talking. Each