Sayings about Deception
With nice appearance people want to be deceived. ~ German Proverb
Deceive the rich and powerful, if you will, but don’t insult them. ~ Japanese Proverb
The deceitful have no friends. ~ Indian Proverb
If you don’t want to be deceived, then marry on February 30th. ~ French Proverb
Every cloud has a silver lining. ~ Proverb
If a man deceives me once, shame on him; if he deceives me twice, shame on me. ~ Italian Proverb
The woman who deceives her husband makes her lover swear never to be unfaithful to her. ~ Chinese Proverb
To deceive a diplomat speak the truth, he has no experience with it. ~ Greek Proverb
He that flatters you more than you desire either has deceived you or wishes to deceive. ~ Italian Proverb
He who fondles you more than usual has either deceived you or wants to. ~ French Proverb
If you don’t want to be deceived, you must have as many eyes as hairs on the head. ~ German Proverb
It is a double pleasure to deceive the deceiver. ~ French Proverb
To deceive oneself is very easy. ~ Traditional Proverb
It is more disgraceful to suspect our friends than to be deceived by them. ~ French Proverb
Appearances can be deceiving. ~ English Proverb
The people want to be deceived. ~ Latin Proverb
Quick to believe is quickly deceived. ~ Serbian Proverb
There is a snake concealed in the grass. ~ Latin Proverb
Oh what a tangled web we weave, when first we practice to deceive. ~ English Proverb
The art of pleasing is the art of deceiving. ~ French Proverb
Be not deceived with the first appearance of things, for show is not substance. ~ English Proverb
Faithful are the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful. ~ Biblical Proverb
Let go over a cliff, die completely, and then come back to life — after that you cannot be deceived. ~ Zen Proverb
Deceit always returns to its master. ~ French Proverb
Skeptics are never deceived. ~ French Proverb
Too much politeness conceals deceit. ~ Chinese Proverb
Deceive me about the price but not about the goods. ~ Indian Proverb
Quotations about
All deception in the course of life is indeed nothing else but a lie reduced to practice, and falsehood passing from words into things. ~ – Bishop Robert South
Fortune is a great deceiver. She sells very dear the things she seems to give us. ~ Vincent Voiture
A computer would deserve to be called intelligent if it could deceive a human into believing that it was human. ~ Alan Turing
A deception that elevates us is dearer than a host of low truths. ~ Marina Tsvetaeva
Nature never deceives us; it is we who deceive ourselves. ~ Jean-Jacques Rousseau
We are never deceived; we deceive ourselves. ~ Goethe
Deceive not thy physician, confessor, nor lawyer. ~ George Herbert
Profit is sweet, even if it comes from deception. ~ Sophocles
Dishonesty is so grasping it would deceive God himself, were it possible. ~ George Bancroft
That which deceives us and does us harm, also undeceives us and does us good. ~ Joseph Roux
The reason we bitterly hate those who deceive us is because they think they are cleverer than we are. ~ Francois De La Rochefoucauld
When a person cannot deceive himself the chances are against his being able to deceive other people. ~ Mark Twain
Whatever deceives men seems to produce a magical enchantment. ~ Plato
Self-deception is nature; hypocrisy is art. ~ Mason Cooley
Life is the art of being well deceived. ~ William Hazlitt
Even good people are obliged to deceive. ~ Greg LeMond
The essence of lying is in deception, not in words. ~ John Ruskin
Do not consider it proof just because it is written in books, for a liar who will deceive with his tongue will not hesitate to do the same with his pen. ~ Maimonides
I think people deceive themselves about themselves, particularly as they get older. ~ Jeanette Winterson
Everyone is born sincere and dies deceivers. ~ Marquis De Vauvenargues
We are inconsolable at being deceived by our enemies and being betrayed by our friends, yet we are often content in be being treated like that by our own selves. ~ Francois De La Rochefoucauld
Adults find pleasure in deceiving a child. They consider it necessary, but they also enjoy it. The children very quickly figure it out and then practise deception themselves. ~ Elias Canetti
Men who cannot deceive others are very often successful at deceiving themselves. ~ Samuel Johnson
Tomorrow is an old deceiver, and his cheat never grows stale. ~ Samuel Johnson
We like to be deceived. ~ Blaise Pascal
Unlike grown ups, children have little need to deceive themselves. ~ Goethe
The art of pleasing is the art of deception. ~ Marquis De Vauvenargues
Nothing is more common on earth than to deceive and be deceived. ~ Johann G. Seume
The easiest person to deceive is one’s self. ~ Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton
Liars share with those they deceive the desire not to be deceived. ~ Sissela Bok
