268 quotes found
“A mask can hide you from others, but not from yourself.”
“No denial of the truth will ever invalidate it.”
“Deception is mostly a game we play with ourselves.”
“Our thoughts deceive us more than our senses.”
“Hope distracts you from pain - it's pain with red lipstick on to seduce you.”
“It wasn't a deception: all lovers live on partial knowledge.”
“Some of todays slaves sleep on king size beds.”
“The devil's finest trick is to persuade you that he does not exist.”
“Can these foods [low-fat, vitamin-enriched, etc] even be called "healthy"? Perhaps we should think about it this way: If you cut a batch of pharmaceutical-grade cocaine with chai, you could say wit...”
“It is probable that the most inhuman monsters, even the Himmlers and the Mengeles, convince themselves that they are engaged in noble and courageous acts.”
“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 perpetrator rather than a victim.p324”
“but sometimes deception is needed not to hurt the ones we care for.”
“When you live by understanding, you will not live in deception”
“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 ...”
“If a nation wants to be deceived, let it be deceived! Through this way, they will learn the truth after many deceptions and pains! Truth and time are the greatest teachers, they are the greatest in...”
“Frankie raised an eyebrow. Look at you getting all sentimental. You know where to find me.Delaney nodded. That doesnt mean you want to be found. Come on. One drink.”
“It is a perfect deception when you can lie to yourself and believe it. You cannot love two people the same. One will always fall by the shadowseven if that one is you.”
“Faulty mindset reveals a great deception regarding the destiny of every believer”
“Thus Epicurus also, when he designs to destroy the natural fellowship of mankind, at the same time makes use of that which he destroys.For what does he say? Be not deceived, men, nor be led astray,...”
“Everybody wants to be your friend when you have something that they want.”
