Quotes by Deception Nothing is so difficult as not deceiving oneself. Ludwig Wittgenstein investingdeceptiondeceiving The Marxians love of democratic institutions was a stratagem only, a pious fraud for the deception of the masses. Within a socialist community there is no room left for freedom. Ludwig von Mises deceptioncommunityrooms Drawing is deception. M. C. Escher drawingdeceptionart It is sometimes useful to pretend we are deceived, because when we show a deceiving man that we see through his artifices, we only encourage him to increase his deceptions. Madeleine de Souvre, marquise de Sable anarchydeceptionmen Terrorism and deception are weapons not of the strong, but of the weak. Mahatma Gandhi deceptionstrongspiritual The Chinese general Sun Tzu said that all war was based on deception. Oscar Wilde said the same thing of romance. Marco Tempest romancedeceptionwar No one was ever injured by the truth; but he who persists in self-deception and ignorance is injured. Marcus Aurelius deceptionignoranceself When we successfully deceive others, they are not aware of it; the same is true with self-deception. Mardy Grothe deceptiondeceivingself Because if one has an image, however dim and romantic, of a journey's end, one may, in the end, surely reach it, after no matter how many detours and deceptions and abandonings of hope. And hope could never have been entirely abandoned, even in the worst days. Margaret Drabble deceptionjourneymay the old fellow seemed to spot deceit as if it reeked like a goat. Margery Allingham goatsdeceitdeception Deceit is a kind of garment that conceals the soul. It might even be compared to a whole wardrobe, so many are its guises. Maria Montessori deceitdeceptionsoul Deception, machination and mendacity lie at the core of human intelligence, like worms coiled at the core of a apple Mark Rowlands applesdeceptionlying To benefit by others' killing and to delude oneself into the belief that one is being very religions and nonviolent is sheer self-deception. Mahatma Gandhi deceptionselfreligion Among other common lies, we have the silent lie - the deception which one conveys by simply keeping still and concealing the truth. Many obstinate truth-mongers indulge in this dissipation, imagining that if they speak no lie, they lie not at all. Mark Twain indulge-indeceptionlying When a person cannot deceive himself the chances are against his being able to deceive other people. Mark Twain deceiving-othersdeceptionpeople Will you walk into my parlour? Said the spider to a fly: '"Tis the prettiest little parlour That ever you did spy. Mary Howitt spidersspydeception A lie cannot live. Martin Luther King, Jr. deceptionliarslying Don't part with your illusions. When they are gone, you may still exist, but you have ceased to live. Mark Twain deceptioninspirationallife With extramarital courtship, the deception was prolonged where it had been ephemeral, necessary where it had been frivolous, conspiratorial where it had been lonely. Mary McCarthy ephemeraldeceptionlonely The worship of false gods is always an outgrowth of spiritual deception. Max Anders deceptionworshipspiritual«678910111213141516»
