Quotes About Deception

Thou wilt be quickly deceived if thou lookest only upon the outward appearance of men, for if thou seekest thy comfort and profit in others, thou shalt too often experience loss. If thou seekest Jesus in all things thou shalt verily find Jesus, but if thou seekest thyself thou shalt also find thyself, but to thine own hurt. For if a man seeketh not Jesus he is more hurtful to himself than all the world and all his adversaries.

Whom shall I trust, O Lord, whom shall I trust but Thee? Thou art the Truth, and deceivest not, nor canst be deceived. And on the other hand, Every man is a liar,(3) weak, unstable and frail, especially in his words, so that one ought scarcely ever to believe what seemeth to sound right on the face of it.

And therefore ought each of us to give heed concerning trials and temptations, and watch unto prayer, lest the devil find occasion to deceive; for he never sleepeth, but goeth about seeking whom he may devour.

However, because many endeavor to get knowledge rather than live well, they are often deceived and get no or very little benefits.

He who interprets doubtful matters for the best, may happen to be deceived more often than not; yet it is better to err frequently through thinking well of a wicked man, than to err less frequently through having an evil opinion of a good man, because in the latter case an injury is inflicted, but not in the former.

No sophism is too gross to delude minds distempered by party spirit.

Metternich told lies all the time, and never deceived any one; Talleyrand never told a lie and deceived the whole world.

Civilization is the lamb's skin in which barbarism masquerades.

Black Tragedy lets slip her grim disguise and shows you laughing lips and roguish eyes; but when, unmasked, gay Comedy appears, how wan her cheeks are, and what heavy tears!

When you run into a story of more than three against one and one winning, then you have heard a lie.

like all wicked people he could do things which defied the means of honest men, for evil is always more easily managed than virtue.)

You've always lived a life of pretense, not a real life-- a simulated existence, not a genuine existence. Everything about you, everything you are, has always been pretense, never genuine, never real.

The moment we give into temptation, Satan immediately changes his strategy and becomes the accuser. Thomas Brooks

Self is the only oil that makes the chariot-wheels of the hypocrite move in all religious concerns.

Rough diamonds may sometimes be mistaken for worthless peddles

Rough diamonds may sometimes be mistaken for worthless pebbles.

There is another deity who is described as the calumniator of the gods and the contriver of all fraud and mischief. His name is Loki. He is handsome and well made, but of a very fickle mood and most evil disposition. He is of the giant race, but forced himself into the company of the gods, and seems to take pleasure in bringing them into difficulties, and in extricating them out of the danger by his cunning, wit, and skill.

You may make as many fair speeches as you choose, but you lie.

So what did you think the devil would look like? If he were red with a tail, horns, and cloven hooves, any fool could say no.

Can there be a more horrible object in existence than an eloquent man not speaking the truth?

Weak eyes are fondest of glittering objects.

The man who cannot laugh is not only fit for treasons, stratagems and spoils; but his whole life is already a treason and a stratagem.

If an eloquent speaker speak not the truth, is there a more horrid kind of object in creation?

Where thou findest a Lie that is oppressing thee, extinguish it. Lies exist there only to be extinguished; they wait and cry earnestly for extinction.