DECEPTION QUOTES II

quotations about deception

It is vain to find fault with those arts of deceiving, wherein men find pleasure to be deceived.

JOHN LOCKE

Human Understanding


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


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


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


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


You are dancing to the sound of deception
A product that we have designed

NEUROTICFISH

"Darkness/Influence", Les Chansons Neurotiques


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


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


Shift, drift,
Skew my perceptions
Swoon, croon
Moon of deception

JACKIE ALLEN

"Moon of Deception", Love Is Blue


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


Bread gained by deceit tastes good to a man, but afterward his mouth will be full of gravel.

SOLOMON

Proverbs 20:17


A resolution never to deceive exposes a man to be often deceived.

FRANÇOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULD

Moral Maxims


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


Action or fate
Let's stir the mighty cauldron
Love versus hate
By the scepter of deception

FALCONER

"The Spectre of Deception"


Men are never so easily deceived as when they are endeavouring to deceive others.

FRANÇOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULD

Moral Maxims


You will destroy those who speak lies. Jehovah detests violent and deceitful man.

DAVID

Psalm 5:6


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


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"