383 Quotes About Deceit

As that gallant can best affect a pretended passion for one woman who has no true love for another, so he that has no real esteem for any of the virtues can best assume the appearance of them all.

The true motives of our actions, like the real pipes of an organ, are usually concealed; but the gilded and hollow pretext is pompously placed in the front for show.

We cannot reward incompetence and deceit. We need to demand more than what Hillary Clinton offers for America.

There is no language without deceit.

Dissimulation creeps gradually into the minds of men.

The deceit and distortion surrounding the American invasion of Vietnam is by now so familiar that it has lost its power to shock.

Nothing is more easy than to deceive one's self, as our affections are subtle persuaders.

If a misplaced admiration shows imbecility, an affected criticism shows vice of character. Expose thyself rather to appear a beast than false.

None are deceived but they that confide.