"Profit is sweet, even if it comes from deception."

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"There was nothing particularly special about her, except that she was good with numbers, and very good at lying, and she made her home in between the pages of books."

Maggie Stiefvater, American Author

Deception, Lying, Books, Numbers, Home

"There is an art to Noavek bullshit," Cyra said as she muted the feed. "We're taught it from birth."

Veronica Roth, American Author

Deception, Art, Learning, Identity

"Fiction writers, magicians, politicians and priests are the only people rewarded for entertaining us with their lies."

Bangambiki Habyarimana, Rwandan Author

Deception, Fiction, Lies, Politicians, Reward

"The darkness always lies."

Anthony Liccione, American Author

Deception, Darkness, Lies, Truth

"Pretend to be mad and talk a lot. Then - and this is the important bit - do nothing at all until you absolutely have to and then make sure everyone dies."

Jasper Fforde, British Novelist

Deception, Strategy, Violence, Irony

"What would you think if I told you that I wasn't an Allomancer? Sazed asked."I'd think that you were lying, Vin said."Have you known me to lie before?"The best liars are those who tell the truth most of the time."

Brandon Sanderson, American Author

Deception, Truth, Lies, Trust, Perception

"Disguise, I see thou art a wickedness,/ Wherein the...enemy does much."

William Shakespeare, English Dramatist

Deception, Truth, Regret, Power, Life

"I apologize for lying to you. I promise I won't deceive you except in matters of this sort."

Spiro T. Agnew, American Politician

Deception, Lying, Promise

"Nothing is so boring as having to keep up a deception."

Edward V. Lucas, American Writer

Deception, Nothing

"When you live in darkness, you live under the ruler-ship of the devil."

Sunday Adelaja, Nigerian Author

Deception, Darkness, Devil, Fear, Ignorance

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"I see the state of all of us who live, nothing more than phantoms or a weightless shadow."

Nothing

"OEDIPUS:O, O, O, they will all come,all come out clearly! Light of the sun, let melook upon you no more after today!I who first saw the light bred of a matchaccursed, and accursed in my livingwith them I lived with, cursed in my killing."

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"Ignorant men don't know what good they hold in their hands until they've flung it away."

Man

"I could not turn away from anyone Like you, a stranger, or refuse to help him. I know well, being mortal, that my claimUpon the future is no more than yours."

Philosophy

"And also because - Oh, my darling, my darling, forgive me; I'm going to cause you quite a lot of pain."

Emotion

"But this is a true saying among men: the gifts of enemies are no gifts and profitless."

Enemy

"TEIRESIAS:You have your eyes but see not where you arein sin, nor where you live, nor whom you live with.Do you know who your parents are? Unknowingyou are enemy to kith and kinin death, beneath the earth, and in this life."

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"There was nothing particularly special about her, except that she was good with numbers, and very good at lying, and she made her home in between the pages of books."

"There is an art to Noavek bullshit," Cyra said as she muted the feed. "We're taught it from birth."

"Fiction writers, magicians, politicians and priests are the only people rewarded for entertaining us with their lies."

"The darkness always lies."

"Pretend to be mad and talk a lot. Then - and this is the important bit - do nothing at all until you absolutely have to and then make sure everyone dies."

"What would you think if I told you that I wasn't an Allomancer? Sazed asked."I'd think that you were lying, Vin said."Have you known me to lie before?"The best liars are those who tell the truth most of the time."

"Disguise, I see thou art a wickedness,/ Wherein the...enemy does much."

"I apologize for lying to you. I promise I won't deceive you except in matters of this sort."

"Nothing is so boring as having to keep up a deception."

"When you live in darkness, you live under the ruler-ship of the devil."

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"I see the state of all of us who live, nothing more than phantoms or a weightless shadow."

"It was my care to make my life illustrious not by words more than by deeds."

"Old age and the passage of time teach all things."

"Foolishness is indeed the sister of wickedness."

"OEDIPUS:O, O, O, they will all come,all come out clearly! Light of the sun, let melook upon you no more after today!I who first saw the light bred of a matchaccursed, and accursed in my livingwith them I lived with, cursed in my killing."

"Ignorant men don't know what good they hold in their hands until they've flung it away."

"I could not turn away from anyone Like you, a stranger, or refuse to help him. I know well, being mortal, that my claimUpon the future is no more than yours."

"And also because - Oh, my darling, my darling, forgive me; I'm going to cause you quite a lot of pain."

"But this is a true saying among men: the gifts of enemies are no gifts and profitless."

"TEIRESIAS:You have your eyes but see not where you arein sin, nor where you live, nor whom you live with.Do you know who your parents are? Unknowingyou are enemy to kith and kinin death, beneath the earth, and in this life."