Deceit Quotes & Sayings
These deceit quotes and deceit sayings are from our famous and inspiring collection.One deceit needs many others, and so the whole house is built in the air and must soon come to the ground. - Baltasar Gracian Y Morales
It is generally a feminine eye that first detects the moral deficiencies hidden under the 'dear deceit' of beauty. - George Eliot
Hope is the last thing that dies in man; and though it be exceedingly deceitful, yet it is of this good use to us, that while we are travelling through life it conducts us in an easier and more pleasant way to our journey's end. - Francois De La Rochefoucauld
When I consider life, it is all a cheat. Yet, fooled by hope, men favour the deceit; trust on, and think to-morrow will repay: to-morrow's falser than the former day. - John Dryden
The soft speeches of the wicked are full of deceit. - Periander
The people of the world having once been deceived, suspect deceit in truth itself. - Hitopadehsa
Hope, deceitful as it is, serves at least to lead us to the end of our lives by an agreeable route. - Francois De La Rochefoucauld
God is not averse to deceit in a holy cause. - Aeschylus
Sincerity is an opening of the heart, found in very few people. What we usually see is merely a cunning deceit to gain another's confidence. - Francois De La Rochefoucauld
It is discouraging how many people are shocked by honesty and how few by deceit. - Sir Noel Coward
The purpose of polite behaviour is never virtuous. Deceit, surrender, and concealment: these are not virtues. The goal of the mannerly is comfort, per se. - June Jordan