Quotes About Deception

When a man lies he murders some part of the world. These are the pale deaths men miscall their lives.

No wise man ever thought that a traitor should be trusted.

The mediation by the serpent was necessary. Evil can seduce man, but cannot become man.

What men call knowledge, is the reasoned acceptance of false appearances. Wisdom looks behind the veil and sees.

Speech was given to man to disguise his thoughts. [Fr., La parole a ete donnce a l'homme pour deguiser sa pensee.]

Socialist: A man suffering from an overwhelming conviction to believe what is not true.

A woman's best love letters are always written to the man she is betraying.

The gods are blind. And men see only what they wish" - Tyrion Lannister

There is to some men a great Lechery in Lying, and imposing on the understandings of beleeving people.

Men are so simple of mind, and so much dominated by their immediate needs, that a deceitful man will always find plenty who are ready to be deceived.

I'm Mozart with a focus on the tide Hiding the inconsistencies of man behind water and wine

Men like M. de Talleyrand are like sharp instruments with which it is dangerous to play.

If we suspect that a man is lying, we should pretend to believe him; for then he becomes bold and assured, lies more vigorously, and is unmasked.

A man may not always be what he appears to be, but what he appears to be is always a significant part of what he is.

The common man, no matter how sharp and tough, actually enjoys having the wool pulled over his eyes, and makes it easier for the puller.

Man is an emotional animal, occasionally rational; and through his feelings he can be deceived to his heart's content.

Every man I have ever known has fallen in love with Gilda and awakened with me.

Nurse: "Doctor, the man you just gave a clean bill of health to dropped dead right as he was leaving the office". Doctor: "Turn him around, make it look like he was walking in."

Sincerity is the eventual deception of all great men.

The devil would gladly give a Bible to every man and promote obedience to its commands if in exchange we would surrender to him the Gospel

Anyone who'd sell out a whole town wouldn't hesitate to double-cross one man.

How we lie to ourselves when we've fallen in love with the wrong man.

It is well-known what a middleman is: he is a man who bamboozles one party and plunders the other.

A serpent is a serpent, and none the less a viper, because it is nestled in the bosom of an honest-hearted man.