"Cunning leads to knavery. It is but a step from one to the other, and that very slippery. Only lying makes the difference; add that to cunning, and it is knavery."

Deception, Cunning, Difference, Knavery, Lying

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"Cunning leads to knavery. It is but a step from one to the other, and that very slippery. Only lying makes the difference; add that to cunning, and it is knavery."

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"Some of them will, but most of them are willed. Some of them are genuine, but most of them are bad actors."

Friedrich Nietzsche, German Philosopher

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"While her lips talked culture, her heart was planning to invite him to tea."

E. M. Forster, English Novelist

Deception, Desire, Heart, Culture

"When dealing with two faced people, it is difficult to know which face is uglier, the real one or the manufactured one."

Matshona Dhliwayo, Zimbabwean Philosopher

Deception, Two-Faced, Truth, Character

"Any halfway clever devil would decorate the highway to Hell as beautiful as possible."

Criss Jami, American Philosopher

Deception, Devil, Temptation, Morality

"It's not enough to be able to lie with a straight face; anybody with enough gall to raise on a busted flush can do that. The first way to lie artistically is to tell the truth - but not all of it. The second way involves telling the truth, too, but is harder: Tell the exact truth and maybe all of it but tell it so unconvincingly that your listener is sure you are lying."

Robert A. Heinlein, American Writer

Deception, Truth, Lies, Speech

"It had never occurred to me that a person could know all the right things to say and deploy them to get what she wanted, without having to mean any of it."

David Levithan, American Author

Deception, Manipulation, Communication, Truth

"I should think this a gull, but that the white-bearded fellow speaks it; knavery cannot, sure, hide himself in such reverence."

William Shakespeare, English Dramatist

Deception, Truth, Wisdom, Life, Power

"Miracle focus gospel is creating an illusion in peoples head."

Sunday Adelaja, Nigerian Author

Deception, Miracle, Focus, Illusion

"People need to remember that a man who is deceptive deceives by hiding that he is deceptive. He is not going to openly validate that he is deceiving you because his aim is to deceive you."

Suzy Kassem, American Writer

Deception, Trust, Truth, Awareness

"One of the crafty tricks Satan plays is to guide a person safely on the wrong path. When your safety is the priority, you may be on the wrong path but may not know."

Israelmore Ayivor, Ghanaian Author

Deception, Path, Satan, Ignorance

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"Some of them will, but most of them are willed. Some of them are genuine, but most of them are bad actors."

"While her lips talked culture, her heart was planning to invite him to tea."

"When dealing with two faced people, it is difficult to know which face is uglier, the real one or the manufactured one."

"Any halfway clever devil would decorate the highway to Hell as beautiful as possible."

"It had never occurred to me that a person could know all the right things to say and deploy them to get what she wanted, without having to mean any of it."

"I should think this a gull, but that the white-bearded fellow speaks it; knavery cannot, sure, hide himself in such reverence."

"Miracle focus gospel is creating an illusion in peoples head."

"People need to remember that a man who is deceptive deceives by hiding that he is deceptive. He is not going to openly validate that he is deceiving you because his aim is to deceive you."

"One of the crafty tricks Satan plays is to guide a person safely on the wrong path. When your safety is the priority, you may be on the wrong path but may not know."

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"The will is commendable though the ability may be wanting."

"Nowadays nothing but money counts: a fortune brings honors, friendships; the poor man everywhere lies low."

"The high-spirited man may indeed die, but he will not stoop to meanness. Fire, though it may be quenched, will not become cool."

"Like fragile ice anger passes away in time."

"The cause is hidden; the effect is visible to all."

"If you want to be loved, be lovable."

"We are ever striving after what is forbidden, and coveting what is denied us."

"Let what is irksome become habitual, no more will it trouble you."

"How little is the promise of the child fulfilled in the man."

"Fair peace becomes men; ferocious anger belongs to beasts."