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Integrity is the lifeblood of democracy. Deceit is a poison in its veins. -- Edward Kennedy
Deceit is the game of petty spirits, and that is by nature a woman's quality. -- Pierre Corneille
We schoolmasters must temper discretion with deceit. -- Evelyn Waugh
I have never known a more vulgar expression of betrayal and deceit. -- Lucien Bouchard
In a time of universal deceit - telling the truth is a revolutionary act. -- George Orwell
It is only hope which is real, and reality is a bitterness and a deceit. -- William Makepeace Thackeray
It is discouraging how many people are shocked by honesty and how few by deceit. -- Noel Coward
The art of using deceit and cunning grow continually weaker and less effective to the user. -- John Tillotson
When I consider life, it is all a cheat. Yet fooled with hope, people favor this deceit. -- John Dryden
It seems we are capable of immense love and loyalty, and as capable of deceit and atrocity. It's probably this shocking ambivalence that makes us unique. -- John Scott
As to the deceit perpetrated upon women, let it pass, for, when love is in the way, men and women as a general rule dupe each other. -- Giacomo Casanova
Their final objective toward which all their deceit is directed is to capture political power so that, using the power of the state and the power of the market simultaneously, they may keep the common man in eternal subjection. -- Henry A. Wallace
The Middle East is more angry than ever. I'm afraid that the sort of deceit on the route to war was linked to the lack of preparation for afterwards and the chaos and suffering that continuous - so it won't go away will it? -- Clare Short
A fascist is one whose lust for money or power is combined with such an intensity of intolerance toward those of other races, parties, classes, religions, cultures, regions or nations as to make him ruthless in his use of deceit or violence to attain his ends. -- Henry A. Wallace
I will say that the idea of a woman being deceptive came from that original discussion with critics and reporters about if woman could do that kind of thing. Evelyn, herself, grew out of the discussions about how capable women are of deceit and lying and manipulation. -- Neil LaBute
Deceit and lying make me feel vulnerable. -- Lisa Vidal
Deceit dispels the boredom of the Absolute. -- Dejan Stojanovic
Deceit is in haste, but honesty can wait a fair leisure -- Proverb
I've learned that sometimes a smile represents the greatest form of deceit. -- Michael Gilbert
Deceit comes in through the ears, but usually leaves through the eyes. -- Baltasar Gracian
Integrity is the lifeblood of democracy. Deceit is a poison in its veins. -- Edward Kennedy
Deceit and treachery skulk with hatred, but an honest spirit flieth with anger. -- Martin Farquhar Tupper
Deceit and violence - these are the two forms of deliberate assault on human beings. -- Sissela Bok
It's discouraging to think how many people are shocked by honesty and how few by deceit. -- Noel Coward
Deceit is in the heart of them that imagine evil: but to the counsellors of peace is joy -- Bible
Deceit is the mark of evil. Even if the evil messenger does not appear in person, the test is the same. -- John Andreas Widtsoe
Deceit is a kind of garment that conceals the soul. It might even be compared to a whole wardrobe, so many are its guises. -- Maria Montessori
Deceit is the false road to happiness; and all the joys we travel through to vice, like fairy banquets, vanish when we touch them. -- Aaron Hill
The purpose of polite behavior is never virtuous. Deceit, surrender, and concealment these are not virtues. The goal of the mannerly is comfort, per se. -- June Jordan
Deceit and falsehood, whatever conveniences they may for a time promise or produce, are, in the sum of life, obstacles to happiness. Those who profit by the cheat distrust the deceiver; and the act by which kindness was sought puts an end to confidence. -- Samuel Johnson
Deceit, Deceive, Decide just what you believe... I see faith in your eyes, Never you hear the discouraging lies. I hear faith in your cries... Broken is the promise, Betrayal... The healing hand held back by the deepened nail... Follow the god that failed. -- James Hetfield
Nothing is easier than self-deceit. -- Demosthenes
O, what a tangled web we weave when first we practise to deceive! -- Walter Scott
Tricks and treachery are the practice of fools, that don't have brains enough to be honest. -- Benjamin Franklin
As every divided kingdom falls, so every mind divided between many studies confounds and saps itself. -- Leonardo da Vinci
To be without guile is to be free of deceit, cunning, hypocrisy, and dishonesty in thought or action. -- Joseph B. Wirthlin
We hardly ever realize that we can cut anything out of our lives, anytime, in the blink of an eye. -- Carlos Castaneda
When a politician uses the word 'folks,' we should brace ourselves for the deceit, or worse, that is coming. -- Noam Chomsky
Nothing is more deceitful than the appearance of humility. It is often only carelessness of opinion, and sometimes an indirect boast. -- Jane Austen
The government is so out of control. It is so bloated and infested with fraud and deceit and corruption and abuse of power. -- Ted Nugent
The deceit and distortion surrounding the American invasion of Vietnam is by now so familiar that it has lost its power to shock. -- Noam Chomsky
Men don't deceive their wives unless they love them. When they love them most, they deceive them. It's a form of fidelity, their deceit. -- Jean Giraudoux
O Lord, deliver me from the man of excellent intention and impure heart: for the heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked. -- T. S. Eliot
Oh to have a lodge in some vast wilderness. Where rumors of oppression and deceit, of unsuccessful and successful wars may never reach me anymore. -- William Cowper
I have learned that the state of Israel cannot be ruled in our generation without deceit and adventurism. These are historical facts that cannot be altered. -- Moshe Sharett
The Washington leadership has put aside non-proliferation programmes and devoted its energies and resources to driving the country to war by extraordinary deceit, then trying to manage the catastrophe it created in Iraq. -- Noam Chomsky
He's a little deceiving. He doesn't have a real good arm slot as far as trying to pick the ball up out of his hand. He made some pretty good pitches when he had to. -- Craig Biggio
There comes a time when deceit and defiance must be seen for what they are. At that point, a gathering danger must be directly confronted. At that point, we must show that beyond our resolutions is actual resolve. -- Dick Cheney
Inventing sources is not a crime in and of itself, although it certainly violates every code of journalistic ethics known to man. A criminal fraud case would require that the reporter's deceit had been malicious and resulted in financial gain. -- Brendan I. Koerner
Flattery and deceit are the darlings of great men, and so with these men spread the butter on thick, if you want to get something out of them, otherwise you'll come home to me with a full belly and an empty purse. -- Pietro Aretino
The institutions of college athletics exist primarily as unreality fueled by deceit. The unreality is that universities should be in the business of providing large spectacles of mass entertainment. The fundamental absurdity of that notion requires the promulgation of the various deceits necessary to carry it out. -- Charlie Pierce
Love feeds on deception. -- Erol Ozan
The darkness always lies. -- Anthony Liccione
Never judge someone by their relatives. -- Charles Martin
Never follow anybody who hasn't asked "why". -- Aniekee Tochukwu
A liar is always lavish of oaths. -- Pierre Corneille
In the essence of truth lies deceit. -- Dejan Stojanovic
Anything is better than lies and deceit! -- Leo Tolstoy
Mix carefully truth and deceit, you have politics -- Bangambiki Habyarimana
The devil can cite Scripture for his purpose. -- William Shakespeare
Lies are like paper-Mache in a rain storm. -- Craig D. Lounsbrough
Dream It, Believe In It, And Achieve It. -- Black Barbie
I survive at the edge of friends circles. -- Holly Black
Too old for dolls. Too ill for tablets. -- Carla H. Krueger
Do not be deceived: bad company corrupts good morals. -- Anonymous
Silence is a lie that screams at the light. -- Shannon L. Alder
One may outwit another, but not all the others. -- Francois de La Rochefoucauld
A prisoner's shackles would always be a lawyers joy. -- Dennis E. Adonis
Cleverness isn't always true nor is the truth always clever. -- Criss Jami
Anything someone gets conned into will never be that great. -- Roberto Hogue
Deceiving others. That is what the world calls a romance -- Oscar Wilde
Truth is ugly that is why we don't like it -- rassool jibraeel snyman
If the world will be gulled, let it be gulled. -- Robert Burton
Youth is easily deceived because it is quick to hope. -- Aristotle
A sect, incidentally, is a religion with no political power. -- Thomas Wolfe
If only one man is left standing, a bribe cannot bite. -- Mary Lawrence
In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king. -- Desiderius Erasmus
Lies are the first step to the violent protection of them -- rassool jibraeel snyman
Try not to do wrong in the process of doing right. -- Aniekee Tochukwu
God hath given you one face, and you make yourself another. -- William Shakespeare
One who enjoys finding errors will then start creating errors to find. -- Criss Jami
The man creates a pseudonym and hides behind it like a worm -- Sylvia Plath
Confirmation bias is the most effective way to go on living a lie. -- Criss Jami
We first become salesmen as children in the confession booths of our parents. -- Criss Jami
In the abundance of men's incredible promises, there's an equal abundance of deceit -- Constance Chuks Friday
Betrayal and dishonor is usually an inside job. Keep it 'sucka-free', loved one! -- T.F. Hodge
Sometimes you feel as though you've slandered yourself, but the joke's on them. -- Criss Jami
When people communicate deceit, it's called politics. When people communicate honesty, it's called art. -- Gerard de Marigny
Any halfway clever devil would decorate the highway to Hell as beautiful as possible. -- Criss Jami
Lies are living beings; once they get hold of you they never let go -- rassool jibraeel snyman
It is better to believe an obvious lie, than to swallow a deceitful truth. -- Dennis E. Adonis
A wise man can say a foolish thing at any time, anywhere, and to anybody. -- Michael Bassey Johnson
Over time, hidden truths morph in the dark soil of deceit into something much worse. -- Patti Callahan Henry
A man is more of what he seems than whom he is, until you know. -- Constance Chuks Friday
Whatever others may say, they say it to deceive and comfort themselves, not help you. -- Dejan Stojanovic
The only thing more frustrating than slanderers is those foolish enough to listen to them. -- Criss Jami
Stop making flamboyant promises. Earn the people's trust first, then do more than they expect -- Constance Chuks Friday
Time shall unfold what pleated cunning hides: Who cover faults, at last shame them derides. -- William Shakespeare
Cunning grows in deceit at seeing itself discovered, and tries to deceive with truth itself. -- Baltasar Gracian
A man must be honest enough to make mistakes, if not he's just lying to you -- Constance Chuks Friday
The truth exposes some people so deeply, their last defense is to front a carefree insanity. -- Criss Jami
In the world of dogma, you become free the day you decide to go to hell. -- Aniekee Tochukwu
All the social ills thatlaw presumes to correct exist because people are not free tolearn and grow. -- Jeremy Locke
I can overlook the lie; what's harder to ignore is the grotesque way it's marred your character. -- Richelle E. Goodrich
I would rather live a life alone, than live a life built on lies, deceit and manipulation". -- Linda Simpson
It is the nature of physics to hear the loudest of mouths over the most comprehensive ones. -- Criss Jami
I think of the irony that in our language [Nepali] the word for love can also mean deceit. -- Jane Wilson-Howarth
Trustful people are the pure at heart, as they are moved by the zeal of their own trustworthiness. -- Criss Jami
Wiggy & I were drug buddies. There is no tighter compact for friendship. There is no greater potential for deceit. -- Pete Townshend
When your lover is a liar, you and he have a lot in common, you're both lying to you! -- Susan Forward
Her suspicion brings me a small sense of gratification. She thinks I'm lying about something. Now we're even.Lake -- Colleen Hoover
Children wear their natures like brightly-colored clothes; that's why they lie so transparently. Adulthood is the art of deceit. -- Robert Charles Wilson
Alexander Berkman was a self-declared atheist attempting to lift the stultifying fog of the gods from the mind of humankind. -- David Burns
Mirrors are perpetually deceitful. They lie and steal your true self. They reveal only what your mind believes it sees -- Dee Remy
We have come to an age where it is very hard to know which is truth and which is deceit -- Bangambiki Habyarimana
People would say bad things about you, because it is the only way their insignificant self can feel better than you. -- Dennis E. Adonis
A liar deceives himself more than anyone, for he believes he can remain a person of good character when he cannot. -- Richelle E. Goodrich
Religion is like a blind man looking in a black room for a black cat that isn't there, and finding it. -- Oscar Wilde
Selling eternal life is an unbeatable business, with no customers ever asking for their money back after the goods are not delivered. -- Victor J. Stenger
It's a shame that we humans are never able to pull in the same direction . . . [n]ot even when confronted by infinity. -- Gentry Lee

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