Deceit Quotes
God is not averse to deceit in a holy cause.
Aeschylus
Wiles and deceit are female qualities.
Arnould, Sophie
It is not being deceived, but undeceived, that renders us miserable.
Barnum, P.T.
You can fool some of the people all of the time, and all of the people some of the time, but you cannot fool all of the people all of the time.
Bovee, Christian Nestell
Many an honest man practices upon himself an amount of deceit sufficient, if practised upon another, and in a little different way, to send him to the state prison.
Bovee, Christian Nestell
Men, like musical instruments, seem made to be played upon.
Burton, Robert
If the world will be gulled, let it be gulled.
Chesterfield, Lord
Distrust all those who love you extremely upon a very slight acquaintance and without any visible reason. -- Lord Chesterfield
Cicero
It is the act of a bad man to deceive by falsehood.
de Balzac, Honore
Men are such dupes by choice, that he who would impose upon others never need be at a loss to find ready victims.
Hill, Napolean
Opportunity often comes in disguised in the form of misfortune, or temporary defeat.
La Fontaine, Jean
It is double pleasure to deceive the deceiver. -- Jean La Fontaine
Machiavelli, Niccolò
One who deceives will always find those who allow themselves to be deceived. -- Niccolo Machiavelli
Moliere
One is easily fooled by that which one loves.
Moore, Thomas
Mary, I believed thee true, And I was blest in thus believing; But now I mourn that ever I knew A girl so fair and so deceiving. -- Thomas Moore
Scott, Sir Walter
O, what a tangled web we weave when first we practise to deceive! -- Sir Walter Scott
von Goethe, Johann Wolfgang
We are never deceived, we deceive ourselves.