78 quotes found
“The world is our own reflection. As long as there is deceit in you, others will deceive you.”
“Walk straight aheadListen to no oneTrust not in the walls or doorwaysFor they will misleadAnd close behind youAs you walk through The forest, not knowingWhere youve come fromOr where youre going If...”
“In order to deceive others, it is necessary also to deceive oneself. The actor playing Hamlet must indeed believe that he is the Prince of Denmark, though when he leaves the stage he will usually r...”
“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 b...”
“A note on language. Be even more suspicious than I was just telling you to be, of all those who employ the term "we" or "us" without your permission. This is another form of surreptitious conscript...”
“It's discouraging to think how many people are shocked by honesty and how few by deceit.”
“If priestsof all clanswere free of disease and immune to death, then there might be some basis for the claim of the religionists. But these "men of God" are victims of the natural course of life, "...”
“Anything is better than lies and deceit!”
“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.”
“Honesty is love but deception is hatred.”
“Lies are like paper-Mache in a rain storm.”
“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 whic...”
“In Paris, when certain people see you ready to set your foot in the stirrup, some pull your coat-tails, others loosen the buckle of the strap that you may fall and crack your skull; one wrenches of...”
“A liar is always lavish of oaths.”
“Sometimes more is hidden behind a truth than a pack of lies.”
“I so want to believe him, but right now even his touch feels like a lie.”
“You cant separate desperate politicians from violence and trouble.”
“There is strong danger in a person who can create such powerful deceit they can no longer distinguish their own lies from the truth.”
“Mostly, it is lies that will destroy a relationship. Deceit is a barrier to intimacy. Andr Chevalier”
“Truth is ugly that is why we don't like it”
