862 Quotes About Deception

Deceit and violence - these are the two forms of deliberate assault on human beings.

This is a case of deceit and sheer fraud.

There is a smile of love,And there is a smile of deceit,And there is a smile of smilesIn which these two smiles meet.

it's better to get something worthwhile done using deception than to fail to get something worthwhile done using truth.

Machiavelli says that if as a ruler you accept that your every action must pass moral scrutiny, you will without fail be defeated by an opponent who submits to no such moral test. To hold on to power, you have not only to master the crafts of deception and treachery but to be prepared to use them where necessary.

I am the scroll of the poet behind which samurai swords are being sharpened.

Without some dissimulation no business can be carried on at all.

Everyone is born sincere and dies deceivers.

For of all hard things to bear and grin, / The hardest is knowing you're taken in.