Quotes about Deceit

Integrity is the lifeblood of democracy. Deceit is a poison in its veins. Votes: 6

Deceit is the game of petty spirits, and that is by nature a woman's quality. Votes: 6

We schoolmasters must temper discretion with deceit. Votes: 4

I have never known a more vulgar expression of betrayal and deceit. Votes: 4

In a time of universal deceit - telling the truth is a revolutionary act. Votes: 4

It is only hope which is real, and reality is a bitterness and a deceit. Votes: 4

It is discouraging how many people are shocked by honesty and how few by deceit. Votes: 4

The art of using deceit and cunning grow continually weaker and less effective to the user. Votes: 4

When I consider life, it is all a cheat. Yet fooled with hope, people favor this deceit. Votes: 4

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. Votes: 4

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. Votes: 4

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. Votes: 4

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? Votes: 4

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. Votes: 4

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. Votes: 4

Deceit and lying make me feel vulnerable. Votes: 3

Deceit dispels the boredom of the Absolute. Votes: 3

Deceit is in haste, but honesty can wait a fair leisure Votes: 3

I've learned that sometimes a smile represents the greatest form of deceit. Votes: 3

Deceit comes in through the ears, but usually leaves through the eyes. Votes: 3

Integrity is the lifeblood of democracy.Deceit is a poison in its veins. Votes: 3

Deceit and treachery skulk with hatred, but an honest spirit flieth with anger. Votes: 3

Deceit and violence - these are the two forms of deliberate assault on human beings. Votes: 3

It's discouraging to think how many people are shocked by honesty and how few by deceit. Votes: 3

Deceit is in the heart of them that imagine evil: but to the counsellors of peace is joy Votes: 3

Deceit is the mark of evil. Even if the evil messenger does not appear in person, the test is the same. Votes: 3

Deceit is a kind of garment that conceals the soul. It might even be compared to a whole wardrobe, so many are its guises. Votes: 3

Deceit is the false road to happiness; and all the joys we travel through to vice, like fairy banquets, vanish when we touch them. Votes: 3

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. Votes: 3

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. Votes: 3

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. Votes: 3

Nothing is easier than self-deceit. Votes: 2

O, what a tangled web we weave when first we practise to deceive! Votes: 2

Tricks and treachery are the practice of fools, that don't have brains enough to be honest. Votes: 2

As every divided kingdom falls, so every mind divided between many studies confounds and saps itself. Votes: 2

To be without guile is to be free of deceit, cunning, hypocrisy, and dishonesty in thought or action. Votes: 2

We hardly ever realize that we can cut anything out of our lives, anytime, in the blink of an eye. Votes: 2

When a politician uses the word 'folks,' we should brace ourselves for the deceit, or worse, that is coming. Votes: 2

Nothing is more deceitful than the appearance of humility. It is often only carelessness of opinion, and sometimes an indirect boast. Votes: 2

The government is so out of control. It is so bloated and infested with fraud and deceit and corruption and abuse of power. Votes: 2

The deceit and distortion surrounding the American invasion of Vietnam is by now so familiar that it has lost its power to shock. Votes: 2

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. Votes: 2

O Lord, deliver me from the man of excellent intention and impure heart: for the heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked. Votes: 2

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. Votes: 2

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. Votes: 2

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. Votes: 2

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. Votes: 2

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. Votes: 2

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. Votes: 2

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. Votes: 2

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. Votes: 2

Love feeds on deception. Votes: 1

The darkness always lies. Votes: 1

Never judge someone by their relatives. Votes: 1

Never follow anybody who hasn't asked "why". Votes: 1

A liar is always lavish of oaths. Votes: 1

In the essence of truth lies deceit. Votes: 1

Anything is better than lies and deceit! Votes: 1

Mix carefully truth and deceit, you have politics Votes: 1

The devil can cite Scripture for his purpose. Votes: 1

Lies are like paper-Mache in a rain storm. Votes: 1

Dream It, Believe In It, And Achieve It. Votes: 1

I survive at the edge of friends circles. Votes: 1

Too old for dolls. Too ill for tablets. Votes: 1

Do not be deceived: bad company corrupts good morals. Votes: 1

Silence is a lie that screams at the light. Votes: 1

One may outwit another, but not all the others. Votes: 1

A prisoner's shackles would always be a lawyers joy. Votes: 1

Cleverness isn't always true nor is the truth always clever. Votes: 1

Anything someone gets conned into will never be that great. Votes: 1

Deceiving others. That is what the world calls a romance Votes: 1

Truth is ugly that is why we don't like it Votes: 1

If the world will be gulled, let it be gulled. Votes: 1

Youth is easily deceived because it is quick to hope. Votes: 1

A sect, incidentally, is a religion with no political power. Votes: 1

If only one man is left standing, a bribe cannot bite. Votes: 1

In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king. Votes: 1

Lies are the first step to the violent protection of them Votes: 1

Try not to do wrong in the process of doing right. Votes: 1

God hath given you one face, and you make yourself another. Votes: 1

One who enjoys finding errors will then start creating errors to find. Votes: 1

The man creates a pseudonym and hides behind it like a worm Votes: 1

Confirmation bias is the most effective way to go on living a lie. Votes: 1

We first become salesmen as children in the confession booths of our parents. Votes: 1

In the abundance of men's incredible promises, there's an equal abundance of deceit Votes: 1

Betrayal and dishonor is usually an inside job. Keep it 'sucka-free', loved one! Votes: 1

Sometimes you feel as though you've slandered yourself, but the joke's on them. Votes: 1

When people communicate deceit, it's called politics. When people communicate honesty, it's called art. Votes: 1

Any halfway clever devil would decorate the highway to Hell as beautiful as possible. Votes: 1

Lies are living beings; once they get hold of you they never let go Votes: 1

It is better to believe an obvious lie, than to swallow a deceitful truth. Votes: 1

A wise man can say a foolish thing at any time, anywhere, and to anybody. Votes: 1

Over time, hidden truths morph in the dark soil of deceit into something much worse. Votes: 1

A man is more of what he seems than whom he is, until you know. Votes: 1

Whatever others may say, they say it to deceive and comfort themselves, not help you. Votes: 1

The only thing more frustrating than slanderers is those foolish enough to listen to them. Votes: 1

Stop making flamboyant promises. Earn the people's trust first, then do more than they expect Votes: 1

Time shall unfold what pleated cunning hides: Who cover faults, at last shame them derides. Votes: 1

Cunning grows in deceit at seeing itself discovered, and tries to deceive with truth itself. Votes: 1

A man must be honest enough to make mistakes, if not he's just lying to you Votes: 1

The truth exposes some people so deeply, their last defense is to front a carefree insanity. Votes: 1

In the world of dogma, you become free the day you decide to go to hell. Votes: 1

All the social ills thatlaw presumes to correct exist because people are not free tolearn and grow. Votes: 1

I can overlook the lie; what's harder to ignore is the grotesque way it's marred your character. Votes: 1

I would rather live a life alone, than live a life built on lies, deceit and manipulation". Votes: 1

It is the nature of physics to hear the loudest of mouths over the most comprehensive ones. Votes: 1

I think of the irony that in our language [Nepali] the word for love can also mean deceit. Votes: 1

Trustful people are the pure at heart, as they are moved by the zeal of their own trustworthiness. Votes: 1

Wiggy & I were drug buddies. There is no tighter compact for friendship. There is no greater potential for deceit. Votes: 1

When your lover is a liar, you and he have a lot in common, you're both lying to you! Votes: 1

Her suspicion brings me a small sense of gratification. She thinks I'm lying about something. Now we're even.Lake Votes: 1

Children wear their natures like brightly-colored clothes; that's why they lie so transparently. Adulthood is the art of deceit. Votes: 1

Alexander Berkman was a self-declared atheist attempting to lift the stultifying fog of the gods from the mind of humankind. Votes: 1

Mirrors are perpetually deceitful. They lie and steal your true self. They reveal only what your mind believes it sees Votes: 1

We have come to an age where it is very hard to know which is truth and which is deceit Votes: 1

People would say bad things about you, because it is the only way their insignificant self can feel better than you. Votes: 1

A liar deceives himself more than anyone, for he believes he can remain a person of good character when he cannot. Votes: 1

Religion is like a blind man looking in a black room for a black cat that isn't there, and finding it. Votes: 1

Selling eternal life is an unbeatable business, with no customers ever asking for their money back after the goods are not delivered. Votes: 1

It's a shame that we humans are never able to pull in the same direction . . . [n]ot even when confronted by infinity. Votes: 1

How easy it is for so many of us today to be undoubtedly full of information yet fully deprived of accurate information. Votes: 1

Telling the truth may cause a few seconds of pain, but there's no medicine that can manage the pain of keeping lies. Votes: 1

Nothing is more deceitful," said Darcy, "than the appearance of humility. It is often only carelessness of opinion, and sometimes an indirect boast. Votes: 1

You must remember, my dear lady, the most important rule of any successful illusion: First, the people must want to believe in it. Votes: 1

People don't care about being duped as long as they're happy, which is the shortest form of happiness; hence 'self-duprication' becomes a habit. Votes: 1

Love binds, and it binds forever. Good binds while evil unravels. Separation is another word for evil; it is also another word for deceit. Votes: 1

Men seek a great deal, but fatally close, albeit very different, is one's pride in proving oneself right with one's zeal for finding the truth. Votes: 1

Lies don't fit snugly into disguises. Eventually the cloak falls off and you're left staring at the naked truth which is always an uncomfortable situation. Votes: 1

Politicians are masters in the art of mixing truth and deceit and serving the deadly cocktail to the public as a panacea to their problems Votes: 1

We are oft to blame in this, -'tis too much proved, - that with devotion's visage,and pios action we do sugar o'erthe devil himself. Votes: 1

A smile is the best way to deal with difficult situations. Even if it's a fake one. Used properly, you can fool anyone with them. Votes: 1

When one is in love, one always begins by deceiving one's self, and one always ends by deceiving others. That is what world calls a romance Votes: 1

She wasn't always a pillar of ice. Her warmth and good deeds were repaid with deceit and betrayal until little by little a chill took over. Votes: 1

Silence might be a shout for the truth. It might be the speech that someday, in its truest, most uncontaminated, unadulterated state, all will be revealed. Votes: 1

My mother is a firm believer in the long pause, useful in interrogations, proclamations of truth, and the occasional cutting dead of someone without their knowing it. Votes: 1

Psychobabble attempts to redefine the entire English language just to make a correct statement incorrect. Psychology is the study of why someone would try to do this. Votes: 1

When laying out a quote on deceit one must not be bias as to always use the term him by a female nor her by a male. Votes: 1

Even if there are instances in which it can be mistook by onlookers, never fool yourself into using misunderstood genius as an excuse to be a fool. Votes: 1

Never pretend to be something you are not, especially to be accepted. Be loved for who you are, it will be tough at times but worth it. Votes: 1

This was a new skill she'd acquired, the ability to look, to the outside world, utterly serene and even cheerful, while, in her skull, all was chaos. Votes: 1

I profess myself an enemy to all other joys, which the most precious square of sense possesses, and find I am alone felicitate in your dear highness love. Votes: 1

They say blood is thicker than water. It's also more treacherous, prone to betrayal, full of shit and quite honestly, I wouldn't put much weight into it at all. Votes: 1

It's okay to be honest about not knowing rather than spreading falsehood. While it is often said that honesty is the best policy, silence is the second best policy. Votes: 1

As time moves on the line will blur. It will no longer seem to be the simplicity of good versus evil, but good versus fools who think they are good. Votes: 1

To swear day and night by media slander will make one a bigger victim than the slandered. It doesn't take much to begin to fear a mere illusion of human badness. Votes: 1

When you are posessed by evil spirits, it is crafty manipulations that you follow; but when you are posessed by the Holy Spirit of God, it is wise discretions you pursue! Votes: 1

Vengeance, retaliation, retribution, revenge are deceitful brothers; vile, beguiling demons promising justifiable compensation to a pained soul for his losses. Yet in truth they craftily fester away all else of worth remaining. Votes: 1

During the flames of controversy, opinions, mass disputes, conflict, and world news, sometimes the most precious, refreshing, peaceful words to hear amidst all the chaos are simply and humbly 'I don't know. Votes: 1

Human history is one prolonged and painful limping. We invariably step with one foot on the rock of justice, and with the other, we sink into the mire of deceit and self-delusion. Votes: 1

The true mark of English conversation is not being able to tell when you've been insulted. I think the more sophisticated society becomes, the more it hides behind the masks it manufactures. Votes: 1

Given the blatant deceit regarding the biologically harmful effects of antenna towers, cell phones and WiFi radiation, one can only wonder what is going on with all of the other forms of radiation. Votes: 1

A very disturbing feature of overconfidence is that it often appears to be poorly associated with knowledge - that is, the more ignorant the individual, the more confident he or she might be. Votes: 1

Misguided good men are more dangerous than honest bad men. It is because they are seen as good that, in and by good conscience, the mob will always, stubbornly back them without question. Votes: 1

You may plainly perceive the traitor through his mask; he is well-known everywhere in his true colors; his rolling eyes and his honeyed tones impose only on those who do not know him. Votes: 1

Your deceit smells like a fake mustache. Nobody stole my facial hair. I shaved this morning and donated half of it to the Humane Society. The other half I kept for sentimental petting reasons. Votes: 1

When laying out a quote on deceit, one must not be bias by using the term him from a female nor her from a male. then they them self are giving a false impression! Votes: 1

There is no other way to determine the difference between the will of God and the crafts of satan... Jesus is the way, the truth and the life... The Holy Spirit of God is the Comforter... Votes: 1

Love is deceitful and sublime. In its truest form, it brings out the best in all beings. At its worst, it's a tool used to manipulate and ruin anyone who is stupid enough to hold it. Votes: 1

They live, we sleep, we starve, they eat. You must comply with their deceit, don't trust the wolves to guard the sheep. They'll colonize when you close your eyes into a superpower that will never die. Votes: 1

The great sage Thales once put the general matter succinctly "Oh master," he was asked, "what is the most difficult thing to do?" "To know thyself", he replied. "And the easiest?" "To give advice to others. Votes: 1

You can be bit in the leg by a rattlesnake and seek help to heal your wound, or you can run after it and let the poison take your leg. The same is true with love. Votes: 1

Would you dare to reach inside the vault of a feral heart?Glare into the keyhole, eyes bound with intrigue...is it real what we perceive? or does the absent colour leave you lost or decieved? Votes: 1

He disliked his own lies as much as his parents', but still he continued to lie -- boldly and cunningly. He did this primarily out of need, but also for the pathological pleasure of killing a god. Votes: 1

Orange Juice? Sure. Toast? Sure. One last time on the couch? Sure. Phone number? Sure. See you again? Oooh, absolutely. That was the lie I told. Probably not, that was the truth, that was that which went unspoken. Votes: 1

But what was good tween us must have been nothing but bodies, she say. Cause I don't know the Albert that don't dance, can't hardly laugh, never talk bout nothing, beat you and hid your sister Nettie's letters. Who he? Votes: 1

In a society where dirt sells, for every good story told as it is, you will hear the whole of that day's 10 bad stories sensationalized; although in reality, it could be that 100 good deeds happened that day which went unsung. Votes: 1

If perchance a friend should betray you; if he forms a subtle plot to get hold of what is yours; if people should try to spread evil reports about you, would you tamely submit to all this without flying into a rage? Votes: 1

Buy for me from the King's own kennels, the finest elk hounds of the Royal strain, male and female. Bring them back without delay. For," he murmured, scarcely above his breath as he turned to his books, "I have done with men. Votes: 1

The suicide committed by Sampson was partly determined by the craftiness of Delilah and partly decided by the disobedience of Sampson. Satan uses crafty means to set traps for us, but by our obedience of the laws of God, the traps remain functionless. Votes: 1

Pretentiousness isn't always just big words and meaningless jargon, but also pretty words that either when put into action don't mean beans or hurt you in the long run. Oftentimes, the former appeals to the intellect whereas the latter appeals to the heart. Votes: 1

I am convinced that human life is filled with many pure, happy, serene examples of insincerity, truly splendid of their kind-of people deceiving one another without (strangely enough) any wounds being inflicted, of people who seem unaware even that they are deceiving one another. Votes: 1

The urge to save humanity is almost always only a false-face for the urge to rule it. Power is what all messiahs really seek: not the chance to serve. This is true even of the pious brethren who carry the gospel to foreign parts. Votes: 1

It was as though, so long as the deceit ran along quiet and monotonous, all of us let ourselves be deceived, abetting it unawares or maybe through cowardice, since all people are cowards and naturally prefer any kind of treachery because it has a bland outside. Votes: 1

I become quite melancholy and deeply grieved to see men behave to each other as they do. Everywhere I find nothing but base flattery, injustice , self-interest, deceit and roguery. I cannot bear it any longer; I'm furious; and my intention is to break with all mankind. Votes: 1

A DEAD STATESMANI could not dig: I dared not rob:Therefore I lied to please the mob.Now all my lies are proved untrueAnd I must face the men I slew.What tale shall serve me here amongMine angry and defrauded young?from EPITAPHS OF THE WAR 1914-18 Votes: 1

Those who plead their cause in the absence of an opponent can invent to their heart's content, can pontificate without taking into account the opposite point of view and keep the best arguments for themselves, for aggressors are always quick to attack those who have no means of defence. Votes: 1

Teddy risked a look backward and nodded as he handed Henry his hat. The two men shook hands and then walked past each other Teddy moving in the direction of Henry's room and Henry the hat pulled down over his face toward the Cutting carriage that was waiting by the curb. Votes: 1

OPEN UP THE BLINDOpen the blinds that cover their eyesTurn on the lights inside their mindsPut all judgments and rumors asideAnd instead,Put Truth and Justice At both your sides.Leave the egos and drama all behind.Persevere and be patient in all your strides.And in time...WE WILL WIN.Truth always wins with Time. Votes: 1

Betrayal, abandonment, deceit and manipulation. Votes: 0

A leader should accurately discern deceit. Votes: 0

Wiles and deceit are female qualities. Votes: 0

There is no language without deceit. Votes: 0

All around me is cowardice and deceit. Votes: 0

Our distrust justifies the deceit of others. Votes: 0

Our distrust of another justifies his deceit. Votes: 0

Yet still we hug the dear deceit. Votes: 0

In love deceit almost always outstrips distrust. Votes: 0

In love the deceit generally outstrips the distrust. Votes: 0

Who makes the fairest show means most deceit. Votes: 0

Remembrance of death saves one from this world's deceit. Votes: 0

In love deceit nearly always goes further than mistrust. Votes: 0

Her life was a tissue of vanity and deceit. Votes: 0

God is not averse to deceit in a holy cause. Votes: 0

There is no killing the suspicion that deceit has once begotten. Votes: 0

The opposite of knowledge is not ignorance, but deceit and fraud. Votes: 0

In a time of deceit telling the truth is a revolutionary act. Votes: 0

Fraud and deceit abound in these days more than in former times. Votes: 0

Webs of deceit were not only tangled, they were also very lonely. Votes: 0

With gentleness overcome anger. With generosity overcome meanness. With truth overcome deceit. Votes: 0

You say potato; I say potahto..." I say integrity; you say deceit. Votes: 0

Fraud and deceit are anxious for your money. Be informed and prudent. Votes: 0

You can't receive forgiveness unless you let God deal with your deceit. Votes: 0

Just as surely as distress must follow self-deceit, healing must follow self-honesty. Votes: 0

Invariably, micromanaging results in four problems: deceit, disloyalty, conflict, and communication problems. Votes: 0

The lyric deals with love and sorrow, the aphorism with contradiction and deceit. Votes: 0

Perhaps the greatest self-deceit is to tell ourselves that we can be self-sufficient. Votes: 0

In olden times an enemy was sometimes poisoned by a bouquet,--deceit sugar-coated. Votes: 0

The US is a business-run huckster society, and its primary value is deceit. Votes: 0

he looked at her, stripped naked for the instant of verbiage and deceit. Votes: 0

Use no hurtful deceit; think innocently and justly and, if you speak, speak accordingly. Votes: 0

Fire destroys all sophistry, that is deceit; and maintains truth alone, that is gold. Votes: 0

There is no profit in deceit. An honest man knows revenge is not sweet. Votes: 0

The woman in us still prosecutes a deceit like that begun in the garden. Votes: 0

Women and wine, game and deceit, make the wealth small, and the want great Votes: 0

the old fellow seemed to spot deceit as if it reeked like a goat. Votes: 0

No deceit is so veiled as that which lies concealed behind the semblance of courtesy. Votes: 0

Jerry Kilgore offers denial and delusion, ... Mr. Kaine Delusion and deceit. That means nothing happens. Votes: 0

We fed the public a line of deceit, dishonesty, a fabrication of statistics and figures. Votes: 0

There can be no deceit in love, and if you find it, it never was Votes: 0

Cunning grows in deceit at seeing itself discovered, and tries to deceive with truth itselft. Votes: 0

The world is full of corruption, and deceit, and deviltry — chock full of it. Votes: 0

Self-deceit is a most damaging trait. The remedy, for an artist, is to paint a self-portrait! Votes: 0

People always have been and they always will be stupid victims of deceit and self-deception in politics. Votes: 0

For the Lord touched all parts of creation, and freed and undeceived them all from every deceit. Votes: 0

It's extremely disturbing and unsettling that Sony has taken digital rights management to this level of deceit. Votes: 0

I would rather live a life alone, than live a life based on lies, deceit and manipulation Votes: 0

People are capable of seeing the deceit they're ensnared in. They just have to make the effort. Votes: 0

In brainwashing communism deceit lies manipulation marxism socialism truth A lie told often enough becomes the truth. Votes: 0

There are in woman's eyes two sorts of tears,--the one of grief, the other of deceit. Votes: 0

There will be as much deceit and criminality in the world as there is lack of art. Votes: 0

Sincerity is the prime requisite in every approach to the God who ... hates all hypocrisy, falsehood, and deceit. Votes: 0

We cannot reward incompetence and deceit. We need to demand more than what Hillary Clinton offers for America. Votes: 0

Nature meant for me a wife, a silly harmless household Dove, fond without art; and kind without deceit. Votes: 0

I have learned that the state of Israel cannot be ruled in our generation without deceit and adventurism. Votes: 0

It takes more strength to cry, admit defeat. I have truth on my side, you only have deceit. Votes: 0

It is generally a feminine eye that first detects the moral deficiencies hidden under the 'dear deceit' of beauty. Votes: 0

...even a tiny bit of deceit is dishonorable when it's used for selfish or cowardly reasons.- Mr. Penderwick Votes: 0

Many men provoke others to overreach them by excessive suspicion; their extraordinary distrust in some sort justifies the deceit. Votes: 0

Hillary Rodham Clinton will bring a permanent darkness of deceit and despair forced upon the American people to endure. Votes: 0

One little lie or dishonest act leads to another until the perpetrator is caught in the web of deceit. Votes: 0

Persistent distrust is the flame of deceit. Be as good as your word or be singed by the heat. Votes: 0

Perfection is a lie, and lying to others is explicable but lying to oneself is the highest form of deceit. Votes: 0

Revolution that divests itself of ethical values thereby lays the foundation of injustice, deceit, and oppression for the future society. Votes: 0

Sony has engaged in a technological version of cloak and dagger deceit against consumers by hiding secret files on their computers Votes: 0

I have tried my hand at bribery, blackmail, and deceit. And I've served time for everything, cept beggin on the street. Votes: 0

Contrary to what we've been told, children can detect deceit in parents much easier than parents can detect deceit in children. Votes: 0

The look of love alarms Because 'tis filled with fire; But the look of soft deceit Shall sin the lover's hire. Votes: 0

When all lies, deceit, pretense is stripped away, what remains? The truth of a painting, or a book or a man. Votes: 0

A cunning woman is her own mistress because she confides in no one. She who deceives others anticipates deceit, and guards herself. Votes: 0

One deceit needs many others, and so the whole house is built in the air and must soon come to the ground Votes: 0

Russia, Russia-unwashed, backward, appealing Russia, so ashamed of your own backwardness, so orientally determined to conceal it from us by clever deceit. Votes: 0

The shooting of the movie is the truth part and the editing of the movie is the lying part, the deceit part Votes: 0

Beauty! thou pretty plaything! dear deceit, That steals so softly o'er the stripling's heart, And gives it a new pulse unknown before! Votes: 0

To find reality you must be real in the smallest daily action; there can be no deceit in the search for truth. Votes: 0

Woman is adept at getting money for herself and will not easily let herself be deceived; she understands deceit too well herself. Votes: 0

Now the peak of summer's past, the sky is overcast And the love we swore would last for an age seems deceit. Votes: 0

No fathers or mothers think their own children ugly; and this self-deceit is yet stronger with respect to the offspring of the mind. Votes: 0

I'm not going to assume liberals are stupid, as they do with conservatives. No, I'll attribute it instead to more fraud and deceit. Votes: 0

Marriage and friendship were built on trust and loyalty. Not deceit and lies. Love could only be given. It could never be demanded. Votes: 0

Be comforted! If there are people who can't stand to be around you, just remember that darkness hates light and deceit hates truth. Votes: 0

The deceit, the lie of the Devil consists of this, that he wishes to make man believe that he can live without God's Word. Votes: 0

I am of this mind, that might and malice, deceit and treachery perjury and impiety may lawfully be committed in love; which is lawless. Votes: 0

The whole film genre is one of deceit. It is the suspension of disbelief. That's what all theater and all film is based on. Votes: 0

So long as the deceit ran along quiet and monotonous, all of us let ourselves be deceived, abetting it unawares or maybe through cowardice... Votes: 0

A man who does not question his own judgment, society, and who flourishes between deceit and bewilderment, fails his moral responsibility as a rational being. Votes: 0

Pornography. . .overtakes lives, causing loss of the Spirit, distorted feelings, deceit, damaged relationships, loss of self-control, and nearly total consumption of time, thought, and energy. Votes: 0

If I were at any time to set out on a career of deceit, it would be of Miss Marple that I should be afraid. Votes: 0

Before I came along, my field was dominated by myth, superstition, deceit, and outright fraud. I overcame it by the simple application of logical thinking. Votes: 0

I was now prepared to accept any faith so long as it did not demand a direct denial of reason, which would have been a deceit. Votes: 0

To see a man as beautiful "“ means to make him really beautiful. There is no cunning, no deceit; this happens every time, everyone knows that. Votes: 0

So much torture, bloodshed, deceit. You cannot make your young people practice torture twenty-four hours a day and not expect to pay a price for it. Votes: 0

The U.S. government alleges that for the past 45 years, the companies that manufacture and sell tobacco have waged an intentional and coordinated campaign of deceit Votes: 0

There is a smile of love, And there is a smile of deceit, And there is a smile of smiles In which these two smiles meet. Votes: 0

To unmask the deceit of every instinct for preservation is to procure salvation for humanity in nothingness.. ..Nothingness must be defined as the absense of all willing. Votes: 0

The eyes mirror the heart of a person. An entire life can be seen through them. Love, sorrow, deceit, pain. If you look closely, it's all there. Votes: 0

Recollect that the Almighty, who gave the dog to be companion of our pleasures and our toils, hath invested him with a nature noble and incapable of deceit. Votes: 0

After a stronghold has been made of the bones, it is covered with flesh and blood, and there dwell in it old age and death, pride and deceit. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

Teach me, dear creature, how to think and speak; Lay open to my earthy-gross conceit, Smother'd in errors, feeble, shallow, weak, The folded meaning of your words' deceit. Votes: 0

When I consider life, 'tis all a cheat; Yet, fooled with hope, men favour the deceit; Trust on, and think tomorrow will repay. Tomorrow's falser than the former day. Votes: 0

Honest and sincere acts mislead the wicked and cause them to lose their path to their own goals, because mean-spirited people usually believe that people never act without deceit. Votes: 0

Lot of stories in deceit, how characters deceive other people, but most of all, I think, how they deceive themselves. We're not as tricky as we think we are. Votes: 0

One should rather die than be betrayed. There is no deceit in death. It delivers precisely what it has promised. Betrayal, though betrayal is the willful slaughter of hope. Votes: 0

One should rather die than be betrayed. There is no deceit in death. It delivers precisely what it has promised. Betrayal, though ... betrayal is the willful slaughter of hope. Votes: 0

Deception is a sort of seduction. In love and war, adultery and espionage, deceit can only succeed if the deceived party is willing, in some way, to be deceived. Votes: 0

Many an honest man practices upon himself an amount of deceit sufficient, if practised upon another, and in a little different way, to send him to the state prison. Votes: 0

History records that the money changers have used every form of abuse, intrigue, deceit, and violent means possible to maintain their control over governments by controlling money and it's issuance. Votes: 0

It wasn't a question of deceit. Just the opposite; he wanted to heat up the truth, to make it burn so hot that you would feel exactly what he felt. Votes: 0

The last thing I want to be is sanctimonious, but the thing that frustrates me is the deceit and betrayal, how there's one rule for males and another for females. Votes: 0

For the sadness in legitimate humour consists in the fact that honestly and without deceit it reflects in a purely human way upon what it is to be a child. Votes: 0

The deceit is sometimes unconscious, but not always, since some people, owing to their sectarianism, purposely overlook reality and refuse to acknowledge the inadequacies and the falsity of their beliefs. Votes: 0

Khadi has been conceived as the foundation and the image of ahimsa. A real khadi-wearer will not utter an untruth. A real khadi-wearer will harbour no violence, no deceit, no impurity. Votes: 0

What the people out there are calling for is honesty which has been missing for quite some time now. We are tired of all the deceit and incompetence of this government. Votes: 0

A woman gets angry when a man denies his faults, because she knew them all along. His lying mocks her affection; it is the deceit that angers her more than the faults. Votes: 0

All the world suffers from the usury of the Jews, their monopolies and deceit. They have brought many unfortunate peoples into a state of poverty, especially farmers, working-class people, and the very poor. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

But, perhaps, the flatterer is not often detected; for an honest mind is not apt to suspect, and no one exerts the power of discernment with much vigour when selflove favors the deceit. Votes: 0

The Indonesian nationalists, mainly Javanese, who threw the Dutch out - in 1949, after a four-year struggle - were keen to preserve their inheritance and emulated the coercion, deceit, and bribery of the colonial rulers. Votes: 0

I'm not interested in a film about deceit anymore. I think I was always invested in deceit on some level. But it no longer compels me the way it did for so many years. Votes: 0

Politicians who wish to succeed must be prepared to dissemble, at times to lie. All deceit is bad. In politics some deceit or moral dishonesty is the oil without which the machinery would not work. Votes: 0

There are also many instances where people hostile to the Soviet state are attempting by means of deceit and provocation to poison the minds of our citizens and compel them to believe in monstrous lies. Votes: 0

The first step is to penetrate the clouds of deceit and distortion and learn the truth about the world, then to organize and act to change it. That's never been impossible and never been easy. Votes: 0

It is not uncommon to charge the difference between promise and performance, between profession and reality, upon deep design and studied deceit; but the truth is, that there is very little hypocrisy in the world. Votes: 0

Sneaking was a kind of deceit. So was disguise. Just past midnight, wearing dark trousers and Fox's hood, the queen snuck out of her own rooms and stepped into a world of stories and lies. Votes: 0