deceit

Link	Quote	Tags	Author
9deaf17	When one with honeyed words but evil mind Persuades the mob, great woes befall the state.	false-promises falsehood elections deception government seduction tyranny deceit power evil	Euripides
655edb6	"Nothing is more deceitful," said Darcy, "than the appearance of humility. It is often only carelessness of opinion, and sometimes an indirect boast."	humility deceit	Jane Austen
7ffe76d	Do not be deceived: bad company corrupts good morals.	friends company deceit morals	Anonymous
f59a3b3	You must remember, my dear lady, the most important rule of any successful illusion: First, the people must want to believe in it.	deceit	Libba Bray
2f552ef	I survive at the edge of friends circles.	dark friends motives deceit lie sad	Holly Black
181a21c	"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."	love confusion manipulation deceit	Kresley Cole
ecc8fd8	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.	stereotypes people flattery misanthropic roguery society hypocrisy deceit	Molière
c1a431b	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.	men women honesty love falsehood payback dishonesty deceit hearts	William Shakespeare
b912bc0	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.	cunning misanthropic masks hypocrisy traitor perception deceit betrayal	Molière
1daf02b	"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."	people morality life truth life-lesson deception endearments masks misanthropy roguery society hypocrisy traitor deceit vices	Molière
0a21afb	"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	irony lies war youth politics truth dishonesty deceit	Rudyard Kipling
7e563ba	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?	rage people life friend friends-betrayal harm wrongdoing society deceit evil	Molière
9ec9af3	"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."	lies politics depradation damage scholarship politicians deceit	Iain Pears
b20838b	"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."	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	Tim Crawshaw
23f346e	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.	mind-games twisted manipulation corruption deceit evil	Irvine Welsh
b6d6118	"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."	statecraft tool limits deceit power	Frank Herbert
aa99de1	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!	deluded vengeful resolute deceit	Philip Roth
04ef7d7	was a self-declared atheist attempting to lift the stultifying fog of the gods from the mind of humankind.	berkman stultifying brainwashing biography atheism atheist deceit	David Burns
309fd0f	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?	relationship love deceit memory	alice walker

When one with honeyed words but evil mind Persuades the mob, great woes befall the state.

false-promises falsehood elections deception government seduction tyranny deceit power evil

Euripides

655edb6

"Nothing is more deceitful," said Darcy, "than the appearance of humility. It is often only carelessness of opinion, and sometimes an indirect boast."

humility deceit

Jane Austen

7ffe76d

Do not be deceived: bad company corrupts good morals.

friends company deceit morals

Anonymous

f59a3b3

You must remember, my dear lady, the most important rule of any successful illusion: First, the people must want to believe in it.

deceit

Libba Bray

2f552ef

I survive at the edge of friends circles.

dark friends motives deceit lie sad

Holly Black

181a21c

"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."

love confusion manipulation deceit

Kresley Cole

ecc8fd8

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.

stereotypes people flattery misanthropic roguery society hypocrisy deceit

Molière

c1a431b

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.

men women honesty love falsehood payback dishonesty deceit hearts

William Shakespeare

b912bc0

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.

cunning misanthropic masks hypocrisy traitor perception deceit betrayal

Molière

1daf02b

"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."

people morality life truth life-lesson deception endearments masks misanthropy roguery society hypocrisy traitor deceit vices

Molière

0a21afb

"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

irony lies war youth politics truth dishonesty deceit

Rudyard Kipling

7e563ba

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?

rage people life friend friends-betrayal harm wrongdoing society deceit evil

Molière

9ec9af3

"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."

lies politics depradation damage scholarship politicians deceit

Iain Pears

b20838b

"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."

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

Tim Crawshaw

23f346e

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.

mind-games twisted manipulation corruption deceit evil

Irvine Welsh

b6d6118

"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."

statecraft tool limits deceit power

Frank Herbert

aa99de1

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!

deluded vengeful resolute deceit

Philip Roth

04ef7d7

was a self-declared atheist attempting to lift the stultifying fog of the gods from the mind of humankind.

berkman stultifying brainwashing biography atheism atheist deceit

David Burns

309fd0f

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?

relationship love deceit memory

alice walker