Quotes about Deception
Pantagruel said to his men, "Gentlemen, I have made this prisoner believe that we will not assault them till to-morrow at noon, but my intention is that we charge them about the hour of the first sleep.
— Francois Rabelais
History is Force dressed up.
— Elbert Hubbard
Unfortunately, with addiction, there's manipulation and deception.
— Jeremy Camp
Beatings from truth are better than kisses from lies.
— Matshona Dhliwayo
Her simplicity fathomed what clever people falsified.
— Virginia Woolf
The Devil often places himself upon the tongues of creatures, causing them to chatter nonsensically.
— Catherine of Siena
In the midst of the disguises and artifices that reign among men, it is only attention and vigilance that can save us from surprises.
— Jacques-Benigne Bossuet
The more intelligent and cultured a man is, the more subtly he can humbug himself.
— Carl Jung
So long as man remains no real threat to the Enemy, Satan's line to him is 'You're fine'. But after you do take sides, it becomes 'Your heart is bad and you know it'.
— John Eldredge
I would rather be the man who bought the Brooklyn Bridge than the man who sold it.
— Will Rogers
It is easy for men to talk one thing and think another.
— Publilius Syrus
To act with doubleness towards a man whose own conduct was double, was so near an approach to virtue that it deserved to be called by no meaner name than diplomacy.
— George Eliot