quotations about deception
You will destroy those who speak lies. Jehovah detests violent and deceitful man.
DAVID
Psalm 5:6
You paint a pretty picture
Deception's quite an art
Just one look at your party face
And I can see a broken heart
BOZ SCAGGS
"Picture of a Broken Heart", Come on Home
Some people are so much afraid of being deceived, that they never venture to trust; like misers, their avarice destroys their gain.
NORMAN MACDONALD
Maxims and Moral Reflections
An ounce of deception
Kills a pound of pain
MUDHONEY
"Ounce of Deception", Let It Slide
We are oftener deceived by being told some truth than no truth.
FULKE GREVILLE
Maxims
Charlie sang for a pocket full of pills
While deception was a clickin' his high heels
We're in tight playing seven one night stands
And deception made me as I am
GRANT LEE BUFFALO
"Demon Called Deception"
How did it feel to be left in the dark?
Delusions, deceptions
How does it feel?
Useless, unloved, left to die?
DECODED FEEDBACK
"Dark-Star", Mechanical Horizon
We never deceive people to benefit them, for knavery is a compound of wickedness and falsehood.
JEAN DE LA BRUYÈRE
"Of Mankind", Les Caractères
The best way to deceive a knave is to tell him the truth.
IVAN PANIN
Thoughts
Who makes the fairest show means most deceit.
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
Pericles, Prince of Tyre