Once a person has been poisoned by self-deception, he can’t make decisions about himself as neatly as all that,” Himiko said, elaborating her friend’s terrific prophecy; ” You won’t get a divorce Bird. You’ll justify...

Deception is huge in this game. As a hitter, the first thing you want to do is pick up the ball. If you can’t pick up the ball, that means the ball is getting on...

To deceive oneself is worse than to deceive others.” These harsh words pierced me to the core.

Later, when she sees the photographs for the first time, she will be surprised at how calm her face looks – how steady her gaze, how erect her posture. In the picture her eyes will...

After a victim is made to participate in an act of evil, the people in charge put a lot of energy into convincing the child or adult that he or she is evil and a...

She heard him speak, but did not recognise the problem in his voice – only later did she realise it was that thing he’d been concealing – known as guilt.

Lies are like cockroaches, for every one you discover there are many more that are hidden.

We cannot separate doubt from deception. Doubt robs a man of his confidence; it is a fearful thing. Offer him deception to restore that confidence and he will embrace the falsehood for the comfort it...

Oh! that look of love!” continued he, between his teeth, as he bolted himself into his own private room. “And that cursed lie; which showed some terrible shame in the background, to be kept from...

This is the most outrageous example of deception and duplicity on the part of a Washington lobby in the history of the country.

We are never deceived; we deceive ourselves.

Lies are like anchovies in a Caesar salad. You may not be able to see them, but your soul knows they are there.

For me, it´s sloth,” I say. “Hedonistic sloth and escapism.

It wasn’t a deception: all lovers live on partial knowledge.

Now Ravana said to himself, “These are all petty weapons. I should really get down to proper business.” And he invoked the one called “Maya”–a weapon which created illusions and confused the enemy. With proper...

Not all light is good. There is negative light, that can cast bad shadows.

Not too many 6-5 guys are that fast. Their speed is deceptive. I’ve watched one player, (it seemed) he gained two steps every 5 yards.

[On marriage and permanent attachment:]Well, well — the prizes all go to the women who ‘play their cards well’ — but if they can only be won in that way, I would rather lose the...

When you can’t tell the truth, tell *a* truth.

It’s amazing how people come to you griping about other individuals. However, you sometimes hear them out, and you sympathise with them. You observe them, and you see the exceptional thing they are complaining about....

The black widow, who had dispatched a lover or two, was sought out for her wisdom. The young spider asked her, “Did you keep his harmful secret under the threat of danger, or did you...

As soon as jealousy is discovered, it is regarded by the person who is its object as a challenge which justifies deception.

Do not be disingenuous with me, Colonel Graff. Americans are quite apt at playing stupid when they choose to, but I am not to be deceived.

Surprises, I feel now, are primarily a form of violence.

The power to lead is the power to mislead, and the power to mislead is the power to destroy.

War is based on deception.

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

Love is beautiful,A beautiful deception.One falls in itTo deceive the other

A man when he is making up to anybody can be cordial and gallant and full of little attentions and altogether charming. But when a man is really in love he can’t help looking like...

The hope is indeed that some will experience and believe: The purpose of a number of spiritual gurus is to demonstrate to God-fearing men faux spirituality.

Celebrity mentality sometimes misguides us to make wrong choices. That’s why T.V screens sometimes lie to us!

So easy now that Elder Sister has explained to her what all young girls in houses are taught—that with care and meticulous acting and tears of pretended pain and fear, and the final modest telltale...

How long does one have to live before one can no longer be fooled by words?

Some friends are like sunny days, with false flames, oozing from afar, coming near without a dime.

Don’t you see the pain in my eyes? Why did you lie to me? -I caught feelings for him but we never had sex.-That doesn’t take away the pain.-You fulfil all my needs and desires....

How could you do that to me?” I repeat. I don´t have to itemize. He knows what I speak of.Eventually N produces three answers, in this order:1. “Because I am a complete rotter.” I silently...

The film is the first art form capable of demonstrating how matter plays tricks on man.

Ignorance is a bliss. One does not simply believe everything they see on the Internet. If an individual has full swag control and mastery of the deception of swag, one could have easily seen through...

Ritually abusive groups also convince children that something evil has been put inside them. For example, a child is made to believe he or she has a “black heart” – seeing the abuser holding an...

And for me, it means honoring those who’ve loved me and sacrificed for me by choosing to be the kind of warrior who delivers justice even when it threatens to hurt me.

When you become complacent with someone lying, whether it is a close friend, the media, or your government, then you have essentially given them permission to continue to do so and most often at your...

Maintain your integrity! Live life in such a way that when another person tells his or her truth, you’ll not be committed for blame.

when a man”, continued Raoul,”adopts such romantic methods to entice a young girl’s affections. ..””The man must be either a villain, or the girl a fool: is that it?

Where utopianism is advanced through gradualism rather than revolution, albeit steady and persistent as in democratic societies, it can deceive and disarm an unsuspecting population, which is largely content and passive. It is sold as...

Everyday in the heat, rain and cold, I ran, alone in the woods…in the hills near our home. There I felt the gentle touch of God. And I heard His whisper, You’re stronger now. It’s...

Naturally, I do blame Françoise. I blame her for having N in the first place. She was young, she was beautiful, she was married to a doctor, and she was intelligent. She could have abstained...

The wolf Lupa had told him that mortal minds could believe just about anything—except the truth.

We’re a different sort of thief here, Lamora. Deception and misdirection are our tools. We don’t believe in hard work when a false face and a good line of bullshit can do so much more.

There is nothing more deceptive than an obvious fact.

La plus belle des ruses du diable est de vous persuader qu’il n’existe pas.”(“The devil’s finest trick is to persuade you that he does not exist.”)