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Quotes about Deception

Satan is only interested in your soul. He doesnt give a shit about your welfare otherwise.
— Cormac McCarthy
There's a lot of things look better at a distance
— Cormac McCarthy
Beauty makes promises that beauty cant keep. I've seen it too many times. Twice in this house.
— Cormac McCarthy
Be sure your sins will find you out, especially if you're married and her name's Bertha
— DH Lawrence
A lie will go round the world while truth is pulling its boots on.
— Charles Spurgeon
The best way in the world to deceive believers is to cloak a message in religious language and declare that it conveys some new insight from God.
— Charles Stanley
It is alike your interest and mine and all men's, however long we have dwelt in lies, to live in truth.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
Richard Nixon is a no good, lying bastard. He can lie out of both sides of his mouth at the same time, and if he ever caught himself telling the truth, he'd lie just to keep his hand in.
— Harry S. Truman
Regardless of the moral issue, dishonesty in advertising has proved very unprofitable.
— Leo Burnett
Never chase a lie. Let it alone, and it will run itself to death. I can work out a good character much faster than anyone can lie me out of it
— Lyman Beecher
In a way, fraud in business is no different from infidelity in marriage or plagiarism in scholarly work. Even people committed to high moral standards succumb.
— Miroslav Volf
Sticks and stones may break bones, but words do more damage than most people can imagine. Especially name-calling. 'You're dangerous!' 'Deceived.' 'A false prophet.' 'A compromiser!' Charges like these by young-earth leaders, both spoken and implied, are intended to discredit, maim, and crush old-earth advocates, including me.
— Hugh Ross