Deception Quotes

"People never change they just become better at hiding who they really are" "You can't imagine how much happiness I found trapped inside a lie." "The truth may be stretched thin, but it never breaks, and it always surfaces above lies, as oil floats on water" "The tongue can conceal the truth, but the eyes never." "You can fool some of the people all of the time, and all of the people some of the time, but you can not fool all of the people all of the time." "Knowledge without justice ought to be called cunning rather than wisdom." "It is more shameful to distrust our friends than to be deceived by them." "An insincere and evil friend is more to be feared than a wild beast. A wild beast may wound your body, but an evil friend will wound your mind." "It is easy to see the faults of others, but difficult to see one’s own faults. One shows the faults of others like chaff winnowed in the wind, but one conceals one’s own faults as a cunning gambler conceals his dice." "Give up what appears to be doubtful for what is certain. Truth brings peace of mind, and deception doubt." "The whole secret lies in confusing the enemy, so that he cannot fathom our real intent." "Appear weak when you are strong, and strong when you are weak." "He that has eyes to see and ears to hear may convince himself that no mortal can keep a secret. If his lips are silent, he chatters with his fingertips; betrayal oozes out of him at every pore." "It is impossible to escape the impression that people commonly use false standards of measurement." "God has given you one face, and you make yourself another." "Cunning... is but the low mimic of wisdom." "Above all, don't lie to yourself. The man who lies to himself and listens to his own lie comes to a point that he cannot distinguish the truth within him, or around him, and so loses all respect for himself and for others." "Never tell your enemy he is doing the wrong thing." "Guard against the impostures of pretended patriotism." "The truth is rarely pure and never simple."