Quotes About Deception

When everything impossible had been eliminated and what remains is supernatural, then someone is lying.

Anyone who displays a capacity for double-dealing must forever be suspected of being capable of displaying it again.

There is nothing straight about you; no motive that hasn't another behind it; no statement that hasn't three meanings.

The closer to the truth, the better the lie, and the truth itself, when it can be used, is the best lie.'

The young man is handsome, pleasant, and extremely charming. Don't let him fool you.

Por desgracia, un público no informado tiende a confundir la erudición con la magia, y la vida amorosa parece ser el factor que requiere mayor cantidad de argucias.

sólo una mentira que no estuviera avergonzada de sí misma podía tener éxito. También dijo que nada tenía que ser cierto, pero que todo tenía que sonar como si lo fuese.

it is an advantage for the murderer to be in charge of the murder investigation.

If you told me he were Satan in masquerade, there would be a faint chance that I might believe you.

Anda, tonto. Ahora haz una mueca de disgusto y mírame como un patito moribundo antes de reclinar tu cabeza en mi hombro para que yo acaricie tus cabellos llenos de electricidad estática. Buscabas una mentira piadosa, ¿verdad? Esperabas que yo te dijera: «¡Contigo seré feliz en cualquier parte, Toran!», o bien, «¡Las mismas profundidades interestelares serían mi hogar, amor mío, teniéndote a mi lado!» Vamos, admítelo.

Men who rule by tricks of the mind need not necessarily be men in obvious power.

it is well known that the friend of a conqueror is but the last victim

Well, he used to say that only a lie that wasn't ashamed of itself could possibly succeed. He also said that nothing had to be true, but everything had to sound true.

Wienis tekintete fagyossá vált, mint a jégcsap. – Felségednek szólítsalak? – Igen. – Rendben van. Felséged hülye!

The friend of a conqueror is but the last victim.

His face bore a half smile that gave the illusion of friendliness while making it clear somehow that it was only an illusion.

solo una mentira que no se avergonzara de sí misma conseguiría tener éxito.

nada tenía que ser verdadero, pero que todo debía parecerlo.

It is a general rule that when the grain of truth cannot be found, men will swallow great helpings of falsehood.

Could a man really know what was best for him? How easily men were deluded by a word, a smile, a gesture.

I can no longer be fooled by paint and perfume.

She made Herman think of a stale loaf of bread put into a hot oven to be freshened up.

He realized...that the loudest are the least sincere, that arrogance is a quality of the ignorant, and that flatterers tend to be vicious.

Nothing strong can be built on a foundation of lies and omissions.