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Deception Quotes

"A technicality I'm prepared to hide wildly behind."

"A technicality I'm prepared to hide wildly behind."

Jim Butcher, American Author

Deception, Excuse, Strategy, Truth

"Being full of mischief, they love to listen;they gladly obey, for they like to betray you,pretending to be sent from Heaven,and lisping like angels, while they lie."

"Being full of mischief, they love to listen;they gladly obey, for they like to betray you,pretending to be sent from Heaven,and lisping like angels, while they lie."

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, German Poet

Deception, Lies, Trust, Behavior

"In 5 minutes, 1 minute and many other phrases most of them are a lie..., but why do we say them?"

"In 5 minutes, 1 minute and many other phrases most of them are a lie..., but why do we say them?"

Deyth Banger, American Blogger

Deception, Truth, Wisdom, Life, Power

"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."

"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

"Belief in the lie is the life of the lie."

"Belief in the lie is the life of the lie."

Ursula K. Le Guin, American Writer

Deception, Lie, Belief, Truth

"Eyes shows lies."

"Eyes shows lies."

Toba Beta, Indonesian Author

Deception, Eye, Truth, Observation

"Lying is done with words and also with silence."

"Lying is done with words and also with silence."

Adrienne Rich, American Poet

Deception, Lying, Silence, Words

"The facts are near to deception!"

"The facts are near to deception!"

Deyth Banger, American Blogger

Deception, Truth, Regret, Wisdom, Life

"With a little bit of spirit in her system to help her weave the lies and facts together, Emily told the partial truth."

"With a little bit of spirit in her system to help her weave the lies and facts together, Emily told the partial truth."

S. A. Tawks, British Author

Deception, Truth, Lies, Spirit

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

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

Sunday Adelaja, Nigerian Author

Deception, Darkness, Devil, Fear, Ignorance

"Nothing is so deceiving as knowledge."

"Nothing is so deceiving as knowledge."

Marty Rubin, American Author

Deception, Knowledge, Perception, Truth

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

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

Sunday Adelaja, Nigerian Author

Deception, Miracle, Focus, Illusion

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

"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

Deception, Will, Truth, Life

"Cathy's lies were never innocent. Their purpose was to escape punishment, or work, or responsibility, and they were used for profit. Most liars are tripped up either because they forget what they have told or because the lie is suddenly faced with an incontrovertible truth. But Cathy did not forget her lies, and she developed the most effective method of lying. She stayed close enough to the truth so that one could never be sure. She knew two other methods also -- either to interlard her lies with truth or to tell a truth as though it were a lie. If one is accused of a lie and it turns out to be the truth, there is a backlog that will last a long time and protect a number of untruths."

"Cathy's lies were never innocent. Their purpose was to escape punishment, or work, or responsibility, and they were used for profit. Most liars are tripped up either because they forget what they have told or because the lie is suddenly faced with an incontrovertible truth. But Cathy did not forget her lies, and she developed the most effective method of lying. She stayed close enough to the truth so that one could never be sure. She knew two other methods also -- either to interlard her lies with truth or to tell a truth as though it were a lie. If one is accused of a lie and it turns out to be the truth, there is a backlog that will last a long time and protect a number of untruths."

John Steinbeck, American Author

Deception, Lies, Truth, Morality

"If you say merit does not matter but miracles or favor matters, you are equally destroying yourself and nation."

"If you say merit does not matter but miracles or favor matters, you are equally destroying yourself and nation."

Sunday Adelaja, Nigerian Author

Deception, Merit, Miracles, Favor, Nation

"All possible means were used by the infatuated parents to conclude the bargain; and deception put an end to these usual artifices."

"All possible means were used by the infatuated parents to conclude the bargain; and deception put an end to these usual artifices."

Adelbert von Chamisso, German Poet

Deception, Bargain, End, Parents

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

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

Edward V. Lucas, American Writer

Deception, Nothing

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

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

Sophocles, Greek Poet

Deception, Profit

"In Swann's mind, however, these words, meeting no opposition, settled and hardened until they assumed the indestructibility of a truth so indubitable that, if some friend happened to tell him that he had come by the same train and had not seen Odette, Swann would have been convinced that it was his friend who had made a mistake as to the day or hour, since his version did not agree with the words uttered by Odette. These words had never appeared to him false except when, before hearing them, he had suspected that they were going to be. For him to believe that she was lying, and anticipatory suspicion was indispensable."

"In Swann's mind, however, these words, meeting no opposition, settled and hardened until they assumed the indestructibility of a truth so indubitable that, if some friend happened to tell him that he had come by the same train and had not seen Odette, Swann would have been convinced that it was his friend who had made a mistake as to the day or hour, since his version did not agree with the words uttered by Odette. These words had never appeared to him false except when, before hearing them, he had suspected that they were going to be. For him to believe that she was lying, and anticipatory suspicion was indispensable."

Marcel Proust, French Author

Deception, Truth, Lies, Belief, Perception

"If you want your lie to be believed then you need to speak thousand truths before you lie."

"If you want your lie to be believed then you need to speak thousand truths before you lie."

Amit Kalantri, Indian Author

Deception, Lie, Truth, Belief

"No one knows your success or failure best than your enemy who pretends to be your greatest friend."

"No one knows your success or failure best than your enemy who pretends to be your greatest friend."

Auliq Ice, Ugandan Economist

Deception, Success, Failure, Enemy, Friend

"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."

"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."

Ovid, Roman Poet

Deception, Cunning, Difference, Knavery, Lying

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

"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

"Walking purposefully, in the knowledge that no one with their sleeves rolled up who walks purposefully with a piece of paper held conspicuously in their hand is ever challenged, he set off across the wood and canvas wonderland of Interesting and Instructive Kinematography."

"Walking purposefully, in the knowledge that no one with their sleeves rolled up who walks purposefully with a piece of paper held conspicuously in their hand is ever challenged, he set off across the wood and canvas wonderland of Interesting and Instructive Kinematography."

Terry Pratchett, English Author

Deception, Truth, Wisdom, Power, Happiness

"Jupiter from on high smiles at the perjuries of lovers."

"Jupiter from on high smiles at the perjuries of lovers."

Ovid, Roman Poet

Deception, Lovers, Smiles

"When you focus on miracles you will be manipulated."

"When you focus on miracles you will be manipulated."

Sunday Adelaja, Nigerian Author

Deception, Miracles, Manipulation, Focus, Faith

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

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

Criss Jami, American Philosopher

Deception, Devil, Temptation, Morality

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

"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 fake people, are these which always lie."

"The fake people, are these which always lie."

Deyth Banger, American Blogger

Deception, Truth, Deceit, Regret, Life

"The gospel of miracle that we preach promotes death and encourages corruption."

"The gospel of miracle that we preach promotes death and encourages corruption."

Sunday Adelaja, Nigerian Author

Deception, Gospel, Miracle, Corruption, Death

"A miracle focus culture is propagating wickedness."

"A miracle focus culture is propagating wickedness."

Sunday Adelaja, Nigerian Author

Deception, Miracle Culture, Wickedness, Propagation, Faith

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