Quotes About Deception

Quel povero diavolo è stato derubato di quattro monete d'oro: pigliatelo dunque e mettetelo subito in prigione.

Per questo le aveva regalato quella moneta: come una specie di portafortuna per tutti e due. Gliel'aveva regalata - riflette Mr. Silvera mentre il campanile suona l'una e mezzo - come una di quelle monete che si gettano nelle fontane di lontani paesi, di lontane città, con la speranza di tornare. Ma l'aveva anche avvertita che era falsa.

Ever since we discovered that Earth is round and turns like a mad spinning-top, we have understood that reality is not as it appears to us.

It is like the point where the rainbow touches the forest. We think that we can see it—but if we go to look for it, it isn't there.

You ...see us ...and you think you know us, but our outward guise is more deceptive than our history.

O dente morde a fruta envenenada a fruta morde o dente envenenado o veneno morde a fruta e morde o dente o dente, se mordendo, já descobre a polpa deliciosíssima do nada.

There are few reasons for telling the truth, but for lying the number is infinite.

Contraponer la verdad al engaño es el juego por excelencia, aunque difícil: o nos engañamos o nos engañan.

La mentira y el deterioro se suelen colar a través de los adverbios del tiempo.

Si alguno de vosotros empieza ya a entrever que este libro es una engañifa y que a ninguna parte va a llevar su lectura, que lo deje ahora mismo y que se vaya al diablo.

La verdad duele, pero lo que más duele es el engaño.

La verdad se parece demasiado a esos venenos que en pequeñas dosis resultan terapéuticos, pero, en grandes, matan.

Así fue como aprendí -se dice ella ahora- que la verdad no existe, la verdad se fabrica. Y precisamente a eso me dedico desde aquel entonces, es tan divertido como útil.

La manera más eficaz de "reescribir" una vida es mezclar con descaro verdades con grandes mentiras

Life is about means not ends. There is no utopia to be gained, there is no end-state that is static and eternal, once accomplished. This was one of the great lies of communism. Likewise, capitalism offers the great deception that thanks to its machinations everyone will be richer in the future, thus justifying gross inequality and humiliation today.

He was gorgeous on the outside but a train wreck on the inside. I could never understand why he did not see himself the way everyone else did. Brian started Monmouth College the following

How dare he lie to her! And how dare he establish a bordello of all things! Why, their parents would roll over in their graves if they knew. Dead God! They probably knew and already had!

Deception' is the word I most associate with anorexia and the treachery which comes from falsehood. The illness appears inviting. It would seem to offer something to those unwary or unlucky enough to suffer from it - friendship, a get-out, or a haven - when, in fact, it is a trap.

If people knew who the angels were, they would be very nice when they saw one and would still do their same evil garbage when they thought none were around. Knowing who they are defeats the purpose.

People can love their lies, tell their lies, believe their own lies until hell pays a visit.

You can almost believe what you know is not true when you really have to.

People's lives can look so good on the outside and be so much dark shadow on the inside.

Thin veneers can cover a mountain of problems around here when nobody's looking at the details.

World is all backward… It's like…we're through the looking glass. Good is bad, bad is good. Black is white, white is black. People base their lives on convenient recollections and are considered sane. People who look too hard for truth are considered crazy.