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When one with honeyed words but evil mind Persuades the mob, great woes befall the state.
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false-promises
falsehood
elections
deception
government
seduction
tyranny
deceit
power
evil
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Euripides |
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"Nothing is more deceitful," said Darcy, "than the appearance of humility. It is often only carelessness of opinion, and sometimes an indirect boast."
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humility
deceit
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Jane Austen |
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Do not be deceived: bad company corrupts good morals.
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friends
company
deceit
morals
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Anonymous |
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You must remember, my dear lady, the most important rule of any successful illusion: First, the people must want to believe in it.
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deceit
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Libba Bray |
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I survive at the edge of friends circles.
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dark
friends
motives
deceit
lie
sad
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Holly Black |
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"Why am I letting you comfort me?" He stared over her head. Because I've made sure you have no one else to turn to."
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love
confusion
manipulation
deceit
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Kresley Cole |
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I become quite melancholy and deeply grieved to see men behave to each other as they do. Everywhere I find nothing but base flattery, injustice , self-interest, deceit and roguery. I cannot bear it any longer; I'm furious; and my intention is to break with all mankind.
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stereotypes
people
flattery
misanthropic
roguery
society
hypocrisy
deceit
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Molière |
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DON PEDRO Come, lady, come; you have lost the heart of Signior Benedick. BEATRICE Indeed, my lord, he lent it me awhile; and I gave him use for it, a double heart for his single one: marry, once before he won it of me with false dice, therefore your grace may well say I have lost it. DON PEDRO You have put him down, lady, you have put him down. BEATRICE So I would not he should do me, my lord, lest I should prove the mother of fools.
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men
women
honesty
love
falsehood
payback
dishonesty
deceit
hearts
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William Shakespeare |
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You may plainly perceive the traitor through his mask; he is well-known everywhere in his true colors; his rolling eyes and his honeyed tones impose only on those who do not know him.
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cunning
misanthropic
masks
hypocrisy
traitor
perception
deceit
betrayal
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Molière |
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"You may plainly perceive the traitor through his mask; he is well known every-where in his true colors; his rolling eyes and his honeyed tones impose only on those who do not know him. People are aware that this low-bred fellow, who deserves to be pilloried, has, by the dirtiest jobs, made his way in the world; and that the splendid position he has acquired makes merit repine and virtue blush. Yet whatever dishonourable epithets may be launched against him everywhere, nobody defends his wretched honour. Call him a rogue, an infamous wretch, a confounded scoundrel if you like, all the world will say "yea, " and no one contradicts you. But for all that, his bowing and scraping are welcome everywhere; he is received, smiled upon, and wriggles himself into all kinds of society; and, if any appointment is to be secured by intriguing, he will carry the day over a man of the greatest worth. Zounds! these are mortal stabs to me, to see vice parleyed with; and sometimes times I feel suddenly inclined to fly into a wilderness far from the approach of men."
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people
morality
life
truth
life-lesson
deception
endearments
masks
misanthropy
roguery
society
hypocrisy
traitor
deceit
vices
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Molière |
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"A DEAD STATESMAN I could not dig: I dared not rob: Therefore I lied to please the mob. Now all my lies are proved untrue And I must face the men I slew. What tale shall serve me here among
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irony
lies
war
youth
politics
truth
dishonesty
deceit
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Rudyard Kipling |
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If perchance a friend should betray you; if he forms a subtle plot to get hold of what is yours; if people should try to spread evil reports about you, would you tamely submit to all this without flying into a rage?
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rage
people
life
friend
friends-betrayal
harm
wrongdoing
society
deceit
evil
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Molière |
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"Politics bores you?" Bronsen said. Julien smiled. "It does. Apologies, sir, and it is not that I haven't tried to be fascinated. But careful and meticulous research has suggested the hypothesis that all politicians are liars, fools, and tricksters, and I have as yet come across no evidence to the contrary. They can do great damage, and rarely any good. It is the job of the sensible man to try and protect civilization from their depradations."
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lies
politics
depradation
damage
scholarship
politicians
deceit
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Iain Pears |
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The games are always been played, and no one plays the games like me. You just have to be the best. And I usually am.
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mind-games
twisted
manipulation
corruption
deceit
evil
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Irvine Welsh |
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"The meaning of life in western secular society is to be successful. So many people are success mad and they are encouraged to reach for something and have so called "worthwhile goals". Money, fame, power, good looks, possessions are the indicators of success and the media and advertising companies exploit this. People are conditioned to believe that they can only feel happy or good about themselves if they have these things. This of course is not true."
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money
looks
lies
good
meaning
success
happiness
life
truth
companies
conditioned
indicators
what
possessions
conditioning
is
of
fame
successful
western
society
goals
secular
media
deceit
power
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Tim Crawshaw |
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It was not for me, after these last seventy-two hours, to reject as too outlandish the possibility that the situation for him here had driven George crazy. Yet I did reject it. It was just too insipid a conclusion. Not everybody was cray. Resolute is not crazy. Deluded is not crazy. To be thwarted, vengeful, terrified, treacherous--this is not to be crazy. Not even fanatically held illusions are crazy, and deceit certainly isn't crazy--deceit, deviousness, cunning, cynicism, all of that is far from crazy...and there, that, , there was the key to my confusion. Of course!
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deluded
vengeful
resolute
deceit
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Philip Roth |
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"Deceit is a tool of statecraft," Irulan agreed. "There are limits to power, as those who put their hopes in a constitution always discover," Paul said."
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statecraft
tool
limits
deceit
power
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Frank Herbert |
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was a self-declared atheist attempting to lift the stultifying fog of the gods from the mind of humankind.
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berkman
stultifying
brainwashing
biography
atheism
atheist
deceit
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David Burns |
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But what was good tween us must have been nothing but bodies, she say. Cause I don't know the Albert that don't dance, can't hardly laugh, never talk bout nothing, beat you and hid your sister Nettie's letters. Who he?
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relationship
love
deceit
memory
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