quotations about deception
The world is still deceiv'd with ornament,
In law, what plea so tainted and corrupt,
But, being season'd with a gracious voice,
Obscures the show of evil? In religion,
What damned error, but some sober brow
Will bless it and approve it with a text,
Hiding the grossness with fair ornament?
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
The Merchant of Venice
It is best, if possible, to deceive no one; for he that ... begins by deceiving others, will end ... by deceiving himself.
CHARLES CALEB COLTON
Lacon
It is vain to find fault with those arts of deceiving, wherein men find pleasure to be deceived.
JOHN LOCKE
Human Understanding
It is so much in the nature of men to overreach and deceive one another, that their very sports and plays are founded on that principle.
FULKE GREVILLE
Maxims
Do not deceive one another.
MOSES
Leviticus 19:11
In itself, the practice of deception is not particularly exacting; it is a matter of experience, of professional expertise, it is a facility most of us can acquire.
JOHN LE CARRÉ
The Spy Who Came In from the Cold
A resolution never to deceive exposes a man to be often deceived.
FRANÇOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULD
Moral Maxims
You are dancing to the sound of deception
A product that we have designed
NEUROTICFISH
"Darkness/Influence", Les Chansons Neurotiques
Shift, drift,
Skew my perceptions
Swoon, croon
Moon of deception
JACKIE ALLEN
"Moon of Deception", Love Is Blue
I'm in tight with a demon called deception
It's alright he's a treating me quite well
GRANT LEE BUFFALO
"Demon Called Deception"
In the daylight comes darkness,
On the verge of night a fear is born
Sweeter than the dream, the reality of you
Immaculate deception
BLACK SABBATH
"Immaculate Deception", Cross Purposes
You will destroy those who speak lies. Jehovah detests violent and deceitful man.
DAVID
Psalm 5:6
Going through a world of sad debris
Regard quixotic reveries of ownership
The blossoming disease of man called tenure and accretion
The ancient western treadmill of deception and derision
But I want something more
BAD RELIGION
"I Want Something More", No Control
Deception, disgrace
Evil as plain as the scar on his face
Deception, an outrage
Disgrace, for shame
He asked for trouble the moment he came
JACK FELDMAN
"One of Us", Return to Pride Rock
Therefore each of you must put off falsehood and speak truthfully to your neighbor, for we are all members of one body.
APOSTLE PAUL
Ephesians 4:25
Men are never so easily deceived as when they are endeavouring to deceive others.
FRANÇOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULD
Moral Maxims
Bread gained by deceit tastes good to a man, but afterward his mouth will be full of gravel.
SOLOMON
Proverbs 20:17
Bury your deceptions, let them slowly die.
Burn your deceptions before you wonder why heaven caved in.
It is time for you to see the error of your ways.
Get on your knees and pray, turn yourself in the right direction, while you are still in your youth.
You must burn these deceptions if you want to see the truth.
BLOODLINED CALLIGRAPHY
"Begging the Blind"
Human beings seem to have an almost unlimited capacity to deceive themselves, and to deceive themselves into taking their own lies for truth.
R. D. LAING
The Politics of Experience/The Bird of Paradise
Your deception
A distant memory
Your reflection
Consumed all of me
All of me
COSMIC GATE
"Beautiful Destruction", Wake Your Mind