Quotes about Deceit

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To find out if she really loved me, I hooked her up to a lie detector. And just as I suspected, my machine was broken.
 — Dark Jar Tin Zoo, Love Quotes for the Ages. Specifically Ages 19-91.
I am convinced that human life is filled with many pure, happy, serene examples of insincerity, truly splendid of their — Osamu Dazai, No Longer Human
Religion is like a blind man looking in a black room for a black cat that isn't there, and finding it. — Anonymous
A rumor is a social cancer: it is difficult to contain and it rots the brains of the masses. However, the real danger is — Criss Jami, Killosophy
Deceit for personal gain is one of history's most recurring crimes. Man's first step towards change would be thinking, c — Criss Jami, Killosophy
Over time, hidden truths morph in the dark soil of deceit into something much worse. — Patti Callahan Henry, Between The Tides
There is no other way to determine the difference between the will of God and the crafts of satan... Jesus is the way, t — Israelmore Ayivor
Cleverness isn't always true nor is the truth always clever. — Criss Jami, Diotima, Battery, Electric Personality
Trustful people are the pure at heart, as they are moved by the zeal of their own trustworthiness. — Criss Jami, Healology
My mother is a firm believer in the long pause, useful in interrogations, proclamations of truth, and the occasional cut — Suzanne Finnamore, Split: A Memoir of Divorce
Cunning grows in deceit at seeing itself discovered, and tries to deceive with truth itself. — Baltasar Gracián, The Art of Worldly Wisdom
A DEAD STATESMANI could not dig: I dared not rob:Therefore I lied to please the mob.Now all my lies are proved untrueAnd — Rudyard Kipling
In the essence of truth lies deceit. — Dejan Stojanovic, The Sun Watches the Sun
When you are posessed by evil spirits, it is crafty manipulations that you follow; but when you are posessed by the Holy — Israelmore Ayivor
youth is easily deceived because it is quick to hope. — Aristotle
In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king. — Erasmus
People love answers, but only as long as they are the ones who came up with them. — Criss Jami, Killosophy
One who never anticipates deceit or expects duplicity, and yet is the first to recognize such things – is that not a sag — Confucius, The Analects
If you can get others to believe that your random guesses are actual answers, they’ll never guess that you never underst — Craig D. Lounsbrough
…deceitful!” she decided with a little bounce of fury that briefly ballooned the silk of her trousers. “There! You decei — V.S. Carnes