Quotes About Deception

People in general judge more by the eyes than by the hands, for everyone can see, but few can feel. Everyone sees what you appear to be, few feel what you are.

No sooner were they seated than soldiers issued from secret places and slaughtered Giovanni and the rest.

A prince never lacks legitimate reasons to break his promise.

The Prince' is bestrewn with truths that can be proved at every turn. Men are still the dupes of their simplicity and greed, as they were in the days of Alexander VI. The cloak of religion still conceals the vices which Machiavelli laid bare in the character of Ferdinand of Aragon. Men will not look at things as they really are, but as they wish them to be—and are ruined. In politics there are no perfectly safe courses; prudence consists in choosing the least dangerous ones.

Every one sees what you seem, but few know what you are ...

Todos ven lo que pareces ser, mas pocos saben lo que eres.

Dificultad que estriba en que los hombres cambian con gusto de señor, creyendo mejorar; y esta creencia los impulsa a tomar las armas contra él; en lo cual se engañan, pues luego la experiencia les enseña que han empeorado.

Denn die Menschen sind so einfältig und so gewöhnt, den herrschenden Verhältnissen nachzugeben, dass der, welcher betrügen will, immer Leute findet, welche sich betrügen lassen.

Gubi siÄ™ ten, kto czyni drugiego pot??nym, gdy? tworzy siÄ™ tÄ™ potÄ™gÄ™ zrÄ™cznoÅ›ciÄ… lub siÅ'Ä…, a jedno i drugie budzi nieufno?? u tego, który staÅ' siÄ™ pot??nym

Todo el mundo ve lo que parecéis, pocos conocen a fondo lo que sois, y este pequeño numero no se atreverá a levantarse contra la mayoría, sostenida, además, por la majestad del poder soberano.

Tuzaklar? tan?mak için bir tilki, kurtlar? korkutmak için de aslan olmak gerekir.

Les hommes sont si naïfs, et ils obéissent tant aux nécessités présentes que celui qui trompe trouvera toujours quelqu'un qui se laissera tromper.

Cada uno ve lo que pareces ser; pero pocos comprenden lo que eres realmente

E chi crede che ne' personaggi grandi e' benefizii nuovi faccino dimenticare le iniurie vecchie, s'inganna. Errò, adunque, el duca in questa elezione; e fu cagione dell'ultima ruina sua.

Men in general judge more from appearances than from reality. All men have eyes, but few have the gift of penetration.

One who deceives will always find those who allow themselves to be deceived.

PuÅ£ini v?d cum suntem într-adev?r, dar toÅ£i v?d ce ne prefacem c? suntem.

Ognuno vede quello che tu pari, pochi sentono quello che tu se

How we live is so difference than how we ought to live that he who studies what ought to be done rather than what is done will learn the way to his downfall rather than to his preservation. The Prince.

He was also perpetually developing configurations of straight lines that deceive the viewer in their apparent readability as plastic forms, with walls and openings, only to become something entirely different as we look at them. Physical impossibility in the guise of the plausible was his elixir.

Henry was never able to help McDonald crack Lufthansa—the

He often felt that too many people lived their lives acting and pretending,wearing masks and losing themselves in the process.

Denial is an ugly thing.

The secret is to know how to lie he used to say, and to know when someone's lying to you. His father, Steve eventually decided, must have known how to lie.