Quotes About Deception

Some truths did not bear saying, and some lies were necessary.

Of all the bright cruel lies they tell you, the cruelest is the one called love.

I am surrounded by flatterers and fools. It can drive a man to madness,.. . Half of them don't dare tell me the truth, and the other half can't find it.

Once she had loved Prince Joffrey with all her heart, and admired and trusted her his mother, the queen. They had repaid that love and trust with her father's head. Sansa would never make that mistake again.

The ruby at Melisandre's throat gleamed red. "It is not those foes who curse you to your face that you must fear, but those who smile when you are looking and sharpen their knives when you turn your back. You would do well to keep your wolf close beside you. Ice, I see, and daggers in the dark. Blood frozen red and hard, and naked steel. It was very cold." "It is always cold on the Wall." "You think so?" "I know so, my lady." "Then you know nothing, Jon Snow," she whispered.

How much can a crown be worth, when a crow can dine upon a king?

Robert wanted to be loved. My brother Tyrion has the same disease. Do you want to be loved, Sansa?" "Everyone wants to be loved." "I see flowering hasn't made you any brighter," said Cersei. "Sansa, permit me to share a bit of womanly wisdom with you on this very special day. Love is poison. A sweet poison, yes, but it will kill you all the same.

You lie," he said. "All men lie when they are afraid. Some tell many lies, some but a few. Some have only one great lie they tell so often that they almost come to believe it … though some small part of them will always know that it is still a lie, and that will show upon their faces.

You never knew Lyanna as well as I did Robert, you saw her beauty, but not the iron underneath

Some allies are more dangerous than enemies.

Some gave me soft words and some blunt, some made excuses, some promises, some only lied. In the end words are just wind.

Half-truths are worth more than outright lies.

A bag of dragons buys a man's silence for a while, but a well-placed quarrel buys it forever.

When treating with liars, even an honest man must lie.

When you've know me longer, you'll learn that I mean everything I say." "Even the lies?" "Especially the lies. Lord Petyr…

A sweet face oft hides a sinner's heart.

Not everyone who spoke you friendly was really your friend." - Arya

In King's Landing, there are two sorts of people. The players and the pieces… Every man's a piece to start with, and every maid as well. Even some who think they are players." Petyr Baelish

The oft repeated jape about his father was just another lie, Lord Tywin Lannister in the end did not shit gold.

I love you too, sweet sister. But you're a fool. A beautiful golden fool.

And the crow once called the raven black.

The ones who look the most suspicious are likely innocent. It's the ones who look innocent I need to beware.

No Queen has clean hands.

The best calumnies are spiced with truth.