Deceit Quotes & Sayings

Deceit Quotes & Sayings

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Nothing is easier than self-deceit. For what each man wishes, that he also believes to be true. - Demosthenes



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



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



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



Surely the hypocrites strive to deceive Allah, and He shall requite their deceit to them, and when they stand up to prayer they stand up sluggishly; they do it only to be seen of men and do not remember Allah save a little. [The Women 4.142] - The Koran



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