Deceit Quotes - Page 21

• It may be objected, that I am now recommending dissimulation to you; I both own and justify it. It has been long said: Qui nescitdissimular nescit regnare: I go still farther, and say, that without some dissimulation, no business can be carried on at all.

  Lord Chesterfield

  Lying, Long, May

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• If we take shelter of the lotus feet of the spiritual master, we can become free from illusion, fear and distress. If we wholeheartedly beg for his mercy without any deceit then the spiritual master bestows all auspiciousness upon us.

  Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati

  Spiritual, Feet, Lotuses

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• I follow a more easy, and, in my opinion, a wiser course, namely--to inveigh against the levity of the female sex, their fickleness, their double-dealing, their rotten promises, their broken faith, and, finally, their want of judgment in bestowing their affections.

  Miguel de Cervantes

  Sex, Broken, Promise

  Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, Quixote de la Mancha (don, fict.name.) (1833). “The history and adventures of the renowned don Quixote: from the Span., by T. Smollett. To which is prefixed a memoir of the author, by T. Roscoe. Illustr. by G. Cruikshank”, p.155

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• I have discovered the art of deceiving diplomats. I tell them the truth and they never believe me.

  Camillo Benso, Count of Cavour

  Sarcastic, Art, Truth

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• Our invisibility is the essence of our oppression. And until we eliminate that invisibility, people are going to be able to perpetuate the lies and myths about gay people.

  Jean O'Leary

  Lying, Gay, Essence

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• Ambition is a gilded misery, a secret poison, a hidden plague, the engineer of deceit, the mother of hypocrisy, the parent of envy, the original of vices, the moth of holiness, the blinder of hearts, turning medicines into maladies, and remedies into diseases.

  Thomas Brooks

  Mother, Lying, Heart

  Thomas Brooks (2001). “Works of Thomas Brooks, Volume 5 of 6”, p.4, Sovereign Grace Publishers,

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• 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

  Betrayal, Lying, Believe

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• 1) Temperance... drink not to elevation. (2) Silence... avoid trifling conversations. (3) Order: Let all your things have their places... (4) Resolution... perform without fail what you resolve. (5) Frugality... i.e. waste nothing. (6) Industry: Lose no time; be always employ'd... (7) Sincerity: Use no hurtful deceit; think innocently... (8) Justice: Wrong none by doing injuries... (9) Moderation: Avoid extremes; forbear resenting... (10) Cleanliness: Tolerate no uncleanliness in body... (11) Tranquility: Be not disturbed at trifles... (12) Chastity (13) Humility : Imitate Jesus.

  Benjamin Franklin

  Jesus, Humility, Thinking

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• Perhaps the greatest self-deceit is to tell ourselves that we can be self-sufficient.

  Joseph Stowell

  Self, Self Sufficient, Sufficient

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• When all lies, deceit, pretense is stripped away, what remains? The truth of a painting, or a book or a man.

  William S. Burroughs

  Lying, Book, Men

  William S. Burroughs, James Grauerholz (2001). “Last Words: The Final Journals of William S. Burroughs”, p.53, Grove Press

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• Vengeful as nature herself, she loves her children only in order to devour them better and if she herself rips her own veils of self-deceit, Mother perceives in herself untold abysses of cruelty as subtle as it is refined.

  Angela Carter

  Mother, Children, Rip

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• The alcoholism got me and I ruined my first marriage with drinking and the lying and the deceit and infidelity, and all of that. The whole bloody thing.

  Malachy McCourt

  Lying, Drinking, Infidelity

  Big Think Interview, bigthink.com.

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• When High and Mighty people want to make us believe that they possess some good quality which they in fact do not have, it is dangerous to show that you doubt them; because, by removing their hope of deceiving the world, you also remove their desire to perform the good acts that might have arisen from their very pretensions.

  Madeleine de Souvre, marquise de Sable

  Lying, Believe, People

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• I suggest that if you know history, then you might not be so easily fooled by the government when it tells you you must go to war for this or that reason -that history is a protective armor against being misled.

  Howard Zinn

  War, Lying, Government

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• If you wish to see the blessings which "God has prepared for those who love Him" (I COR 2:9), then take up your abode in the desert of the renunciation of your own will, and flee the world. What world? The world of the lust of the eyes, of your fallen self (I JN 2:16), the presumptuousness of your own thoughts, the deceit of things you can see.

  Niketas Stethatos

  Eye, Blessing, Self

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• If... deceit is fundamental to animal communication, then there must be strong selection to spot deception and this ought, in turn, to select for a degree of self-deception, rendering some facts and motives unconscious so as not to betray - by the subtle signs of self-knowledge - the deception being practiced.' Thus, 'the conventional view that natural selection favors nervous systems which produce ever more accurate images of the world must be a very naive view of mental evolution.

  Robert Trivers

  Strong, Communication, Animal

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• Satan . . . is as dangerous as we allow him to be. His primary weapon is deceit, and he uses it to prevent Christians from exercising the authority that is truly theirs in this world.

  Pat Robertson

  Christian, Exercise, Weapons

  Pat Robertson (1994). “The Collected Works of Pat Robertson: The New Millennium/the New World Order/the Secret Kingdom/3 Books in 1”, Bristol Park Books

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• A naked lover bound and bleeding lies!

  Alexander Pope

  Lying, Naked, Bleeding

  Alexander Pope (1850*). “The works of Alexander Pope. With notes by dr. Warburton”, p.135

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• In the last few days, I have been the victim of a campaign of slander and shameful lies, a campaign which has deeply shocked and hurt me. Enough is enough.

  Dominique de Villepin

  Hurt, Lying, Campaigns

  "French PM refuses to resign over scandal" by Angelique Chrisafis, www.theguardian.com. May 2, 2006.

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• Where London's column, pointing at the skies, Like a tall bully, lifts the head, and lies.

  Alexander Pope

  Lying, Sky, Bully

  Alexander Pope, Samuel Johnson (1822). “The poems of Alexander Pope”, p.108

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• Even though Hubbard is dead, his business still repeats his lies, ... and in my opinion the proposed Act should also punish businesses and organizations that repeat such falsehoods. It is a gross insult to American men and women who have actually been wounded and who have actually earned the medals and awards that frauds and con-artists falsely claim.

  David Rice

  Lying, Artist, Men

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• As an audience member, I like watching Rupert as an actor when he's most playful. I think Rupert is really adept at comedy; I think that's where his strength lies.

  Benjamin Bratt

  Lying, Thinking, Actors

  "Rupert Everett unveils his 'Next Best Thing'". Interview with Donna Freydkin, www.cnn.com. March 7, 2000.

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• This world is all a fleeting show, For man's illusion given The smiles of joy, the tears of woe, Deceitful shine, deceitful flow, Theres nothing true but Heaven.

  Charles Lamb

  Lying, Men, Shining

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• I come from a generation of sceptics, who do not believe what politicians say. The Labour Party wants to convince people through actions, not words. The Nationalist party have given the country 25 years of lies, the Labour Party will build the country anew.

  Joseph Muscat

  Country, Lying, Party

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• Although deceit is detestable in all other things, yet in the conduct of war it is laudable and honorable; and a commander who vanquishes an enemy by stratagem is equally praised with one who gains victory by force.

  Niccolo Machiavelli

  War, Enemy, Victory

  Niccolo Machiavelli (2017). “The Prince”, p.216, Knickerbocker Classics

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