Quotes: Deceit
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When I consider life, it is all a cheat. Yet fooled with hope, people favor this deceit.
17th-century English poet and playwright
I have never known a more vulgar expression of betrayal and deceit.
Bloc Quebecois Canadian politician
During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act.
It is only hope which is real, and reality is a bitterness and a deceit.
British novelist (1811-1863)
It seems we are capable of immense love and loyalty, and as capable of deceit and atrocity. It’s probably this shocking ambivalence that makes us unique.
The art of using deceit and cunning grow continually weaker and less effective to the user.
Archbishop of Canterbury
In times of universal deceit, telling the truth will be a revolutionary act.
It’s discouraging to think how many people are shocked by honesty and how few by deceit.
English playwright, composer, director, actor, and singer
It is discouraging how many people are shocked by honesty and how few by deceit.
English playwright, composer, director, actor, and singer
We did not call it propaganda, for that word, in German hands, had come to be associated with deceit and corruption.
American journalist