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I've learned that sometimes a smile represents the greatest form of deceit.
A liar is a liar and lives on the lies he tells and dies in a life of lies.
No mask like open truth to cover lies, As to go naked is the best disguise.
The US is a business-run huckster society, and its primary value is deceit.
There is a cunning which we in England call the rning of the cat in the pan.
The world is full of corruption, and deceit, and deviltry chock full of it.
Deceit is the game of petty spirits, and that is by nature a woman's quality.
I would like to say that to mislead the youth is not only deceit but a crime.
Deceit and treachery skulk with hatred, but an honest spirit flieth with anger.
It is discouraging how many people are shocked by honesty and how few by deceit.
All that one gains by falsehood is, not to be believed when he speaks the truth.
Time will inevitably uncover dishonesty and lies; history has no place for them.
The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked; who can know it?
Of darkness visible so much be lent, as half to show, half veil, the deep intent.
The lyric deals with love and sorrow, the aphorism with contradiction and deceit.
It's often only in the lies we refuse to speak that any truth can be heard at all.
There will be as much deceit and criminality in the world as there is lack of art.
We deceive and flatter no one by such delicate artificies as we do our own selves.
In olden times an enemy was sometimes poisoned by a bouquet,--deceit sugar-coated.
It makes more sense to find out where the middle- and long-term common ground lies.
It's obvious that things aren't going well over there. This is a war based on lies.
You can't build the bridge of trust with the scaffolding of lies and underhand deals
Deceit and violence - these are the two forms of deliberate assault on human beings.
No deceit is so veiled as that which lies concealed behind the semblance of courtesy.
Whatever others may say, they say it to deceive and comfort themselves, not help you.
Urge him with truth to frame his fair replies And sure he will for Wisdom never lies.
Fire destroys all sophistry, that is deceit; and maintains truth alone, that is gold.
People would not long remain in social life if they were not the dupes of each other.
Perhaps the greatest self-deceit is to tell ourselves that we can be self-sufficient.
The English are polite by telling lies. The Americans are polite by telling the truth.
It was amazing how it worked: the tiniest bit of truth made credible the greatest lies.
What bothers me is that Jim Bakker lies. Jim Bakker knows for a fact that I was virgin.
How often we sin, how much we deceive, and all for what?... All will end in death, all!
You think him to be your dupe; if he feigns to be so who is the greater dupe, he or you?
Propaganda is as powerful as heroin; it surreptitiously dissolves all capacity to think.
It's discouraging to think how many people are shocked by honesty and how few by deceit.
So may the outward shows be least themselves; The world is still deceived with ornament.
When I consider life, it is all a cheat. Yet fooled with hope, people favor this deceit.
Nothing is more easy than to deceive one's self, as our affections are subtle persuaders.
If he's honest, he'll steal; if he's human, he'll murder; if he's faithful, he'll deceive.
Energy never lies. If you work at your right rhythm, you will be more productive trust me.
But when the fox hath once got in his nose, He'll soon find means to make the body follow.
I think of the irony that in our language [Nepali] the word for love can also mean deceit.
The art of using deceit and cunning grow continually weaker and less effective to the user.
Thou speak'st like him's untutored to repeat: Who makes the fairest show means most deceit.
I can't stand by and allow tens of thousands of innocent people to be slaughtered for lies.
It takes more strength to cry, admit defeat. I have truth on my side, you only have deceit.
The very concept of objective truth is fading out of the world. Lies will pass into history.
There is nothing in the world more shameful than establishing one's self on lies and fables.
Of all the evil spirits abroad at this hour in the world, insincerity is the most dangerous.