Quotes About Deceit

Soup is just a way of screwing you out of a meal.

Charlotte never lied to others, so she made the classic mistake of the habitually honest—she assumed that other people did not lie to her, at least not to her face. In her world, people were innocent of deliberate deceit until proven otherwise, which was, of course, way too late. Even

They're crooked as corkscrews, the lot of them!

To borrow against the trust someone has placed in you costs nothing at first. You get away with it, you take a little more and a little more until there is no more to draw on. Oddly, your hands should be full with all that taking but when you open them there's nothing there.

She feigns confidence in the way all mothers know how to do in front of their children. She wears the fierce maternal armor of deceit.

even a tiny bit of deceit is dishonorable when it's used for selfish or cowardly reasons. - Mr. Penderwick

the narcissist has learned that other people do not always do his bidding or meet his demands in the way that he expects. He has, therefore, developed formidable manipulation skills, at times deceitfully, to achieve his goals. Sometimes these skills are a highly developed ability to charm and bring others under his spell or influence.

The problem with the dead is that they don't keep secrets. Eventually they tell on themselves.

trumpery. Knew

A lie which is half a truth is ever the blackest of lies.

Second to agriculture, humbug is the biggest industry of our age.

Those who replace love in people's life with bread, are deceitful, and call their deceit "pious".

love is the biggest con of all

The art of using deceit and cunning grow continually weaker and less effective to the user.

The only way to cover up a lie? Keep lying.

The dumber people think you are, the more surprised they're going to be when you kill them. —WILLIAM CLAYTON

The devil will tell a thousand truths to sell one lie.'

Fiona has the same glacial beauty of an iceburg, but unlike the iceburg she has absolutely nothing below the surface.

Telling the truth is not a magic formula for having a smooth life. But living a life of integrity is actually easier than living one built around deceit and distortion.

DESPISE THE FREE LUNCH JUDGMENT What is offered for free is dangerous-it usually involves either a trick or a hidden obligation. What has worth is worth paying for. By paying your own way you stay clear of gratitude, guilt, and deceit. It is also often wise to pay the full price—there is no cutting corners with excellence. Be lavish with your money and keep it circulating, for generosity is a sign and a magnet for power.

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Beware of curiously shaped or oddly-got-up bottles: you are likely to be paying for the parcel rather than what is wrapped up in it.

The Great and Terrible Humbug

While we are indifferent to our good qualities, we keep on deceiving ourselves in regard to our faults, until we come to look on them as virtues.