Quotes About Deception

Mendacity is a system that we live in. Liquor is one way out an' death's the other.

All cruel people describe themselves as paragons of frankness.

Yes, I have tricks in my pocket, I have things up my sleeve. But I am the opposite of a stage magician. He gives you illusion that has the appearance of truth. I give you truth in the pleasant disguise of illusion.

There is a demand in these days for men who can make wrong appear right.

La memoria no existe y todo es incorrecto y falso, apenas merecedor del nombre de ensueño. Estaba,

The devil makes you think you are poor and makes even others who practice prayer think this of themselves. And he is somewhat right because you have promised poverty -- orally, that is. I say orally, for it is impossible that, if with the heart we understand what we promise and then promise it, the devil could draw us for twenty years and even our whole lives into this temptation; 'impossible,' because we would see that we are deceiving the world and our own selves.

I knew then, looking up at him, that I had been deceiving myself, calling this feeling by any name but love. Lust for the beautiful animal who had seduced me, fear of the vicious tyrant, compassion for the haunted man who cried like a lost child in my arms—they were only part of what I felt for him.

He was watching me scientifically; there was no emotion in him at all. There was an assessing gleam in the hooded black eyes, a satiric set to his mouth, and I knew with fatal clarity that I had been duped. The rapturous tenderness was only a ploy to win my response

A great ruff brushed his firm jaw; his supple prowl had become a conscious elegance, as though he had put on majesty as a whore puts on paint, as a mask and as a weapon.

Domenico's smile was breathtakingly beautiful, but his devil's look blazed behind it.

She had fooled herself into believing she was living the life she'd always dreamed of living when all she had been doing was hiding from it.

Believe me, friends, it is a great thing to realize the truth of this so that we may see how deceptive are earthly things and favours when they deflect the soul in any way from its course and hinder it from entering within itself.

She talked about work; he talked about school. Carmella mentioned that she might be up for a promotion by the end of the year, and Adam said that Group, in the end, might work out after all. And during that whole time, they told each other everything except for the part that they didn't. Mother and son were as honest as two people lying to each other could be.

A certain nobility is implicit in saying what I don't believe and hoping you believe it.)

A lie is just the truth waiting to be itself.

Be careful not to drown in a mirage.

The devil needs no convincing of the poison in your elixir. But did you really think you had medicine?

Crocodiles are easy,' Steve said, 'they try to kill and eat you. People are harder. Sometimes they pretend to be your friend first.

We all lie to serve a purpose, Eric. By omission or commission, we all know when to lie. Parents lie to children about reality all the time, a most heinous and culpable offense since it does not involve the way reality is perceived. But, then as now, lying can be seen as a sign of extreme care. It all has to do with the motive and ethic behind the lie, doesn't it?

People are stupid. They will believe a lie because they want to believe it's true, or because they are afraid it might be true.

People are stupid. They will believe a lie because they want to believe it's true, or because they are afraid it might be true.

Wizard's First Rule: People are stupid

Only those you trust can betray you.

Wizard's Fifth Rule: Mind what people do, not only what they say, for deeds will betray a lie.