Quotes about Deception
Illusion is the first of all pleasures.
— Oscar Wilde
What we have to do, what at any rate it is our duty to do, is to revive the old art of Lying.
— Oscar Wilde
A good friend will always stab you in the front.
— Oscar Wilde
Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth.
— Oscar Wilde
Simple active work and spiritual activity are not the same thing. Active work can actually be the counterfeit of spiritual activity.
— Oswald Chambers
Beware of any belief that makes you self-indulgent or self-gratifying; that belief came from the pit of hell itself, regardless of how beautiful it may sound.
— Oswald Chambers
Beware of counterfeiting the love of God by working along the line of natural human sympathy, because that will end in blaspheming the love of God.
— Oswald Chambers
The Bible says that Eve was deceived, it does not say that Adam was deceived; consequently Adam is far more responsible than Eve because he sinned deliberately.
— Oswald Chambers
Beware of any belief that makes you self-indulgent; it came from the pit, no matter how beautiful it sounds.
— Oswald Chambers
Art is a lie that tells the truth.
— Pablo Picasso
It's not right to spend money you don't have to perpetuate a lie about who you are.
— Pamela Redmond Satran
To protect our self-image, we kid, trick, and fool ourselves into believing the visible you is somehow real. To see ourselves as we really are, we must acknowledge our inability to do so without God's help.
— Patrick Morley