Deceit Quotes - Page 24

• Some disguised deceits counterfeit truth so perfectly that not to be taken in by them would be an error of judgment.

  Francois de La Rochefoucauld

  Taken, Errors, Would Be

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• If I am to serve as an instrument of deceit, at least let it be with a clear conscience. I do not want to be considered either so affectionate or so loyal a servant as to be found fit to betray anyone.

  Michel de Montaigne

  Loyal, Want, Fit

  Michel de Montaigne (1958). “Complete Essays”, p.603, Stanford University Press

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• Khadi has been conceived as the foundation and the image of ahimsa. A real khadi-wearer will not utter an untruth. A real khadi-wearer will harbour no violence, no deceit, no impurity.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Real, Foundation, Violence

  Gandhi (Mahatma) (1938). “Cent per cent Swadeshi: or, The economics of village industries”

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• Authenticity is fundamental, more fundamental than spiritual enlightenment. Without authenticity, no genuine spiritual enlightenment is possible. Authenticity is the state of being committed to truth. Truth is simple. And no matter how simply a truth is stated, only those who have walked the path of understanding and evolution on their own can know and understand it authentically. The path of truth is the path least traveled. Authenticity is the clarity of being in which there is no self-deceit.

  Yasuhiko Kimura

  Spiritual, Simple, Self

  Source: evolutionarymystic.wordpress.com

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• Faith stands or falls on the truth that the future with God is more satisfying than the one promised by sin. Where this truth is embraced and God is cherished above all, the power of sin is broken. The power of sin is the power of deceit. Sin has power through promising a false future. In temptation sin comes to us and says: "The future with God on his narrow way is hard and unhappy, but the way I promise is pleasant and satisfying." The power of sin is in the power of this lie.

  John Piper

  Lying, Fall, Broken

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• You can't take a character anywhere they don't expect the character to go. But within those confines is where creativity lies

  Richard Price

  Lying, Creativity, Character

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• The very essence of gravity was design, and, consequently, deceit; it was a taught trick to gain credit of the world for more sense end knowledge than a man was worth; and that with all its pretensions it was no better, but often worse, than what a French wit had long ago defined it--a mysterious carriage of the body to cover the defects of the mind.

  Laurence Sterne

  Men, Essence, Long Ago

  Laurence Sterne (1834). “The Works of Laurence Sterne, in One Volume”, p.17

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• I understood why war zones are called 'theaters' because they frame a kind of play acting or, worse, deceit, that can stain a human life forever: the deceit of hate on hearsay - hating an enemy one doesn't know.

  Gretel Ehrlich

  Hate, War, Play

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• The heart of the hypocrite is hid in his breast he masketh his words in the semblance of truth, while the business of his life is only to deceive.

  Akhenaton

  Lying, Hypocrite, Heart

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• That which is static and repetitive is boring. That which is dynamic and random is confusing. In between lies art.

  John Locke

  Art, Lying, Confusing

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• While the prosecution has said this is about the defendants lies, one worries that those lies already have been buried under too much discussion of technical issues. The jury may be lost already.

  David Berg

  Lying, Issues, Worry

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• The zeal which begins with hypocrisy must conclude in treachery at first it deceives, at last it betrays

  Francis Bacon

  Lying, Hypocrisy, Lasts

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• Beauty! thou pretty plaything! dear deceit, That steals so softly o'er the stripling's heart, And gives it a new pulse unknown before!

  Robert Blair

  Beauty, Heart, Giving

  Robert Blair (1851). “The Grave: A Poem”, p.37

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• Then, fare thee well, deceitful Maid!

  Lord Byron

  Lying, Maids, Thee

  Lord Byron (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Lord Byron (Illustrated)”, p.153, Delphi Classics

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• You are the only woman who has a sense of gaiety, a wise tolerance - no more, you seem to urge me to betray you. I love you for that. [...] I don't know what to expect of you, but it is something in the way of a miracle. I am going to demand everything of you - even the impossible, because you encourage it. You are really strong. I even like your deceit, your treachery. It seems aristocratic to me.

  Henry Miller

  Wise, Strong, Love You

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• There is a cunning which we in England call the rning of the cat in the pan.

  Francis Bacon

  Cat, England, Cunning Man

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• Men of noble birth are noted to be envious towards new men when they rise. For the distance is altered, and it is like a deceit of the eye, that when others come on they think themselves go back.

  Francis Bacon

  Distance, Eye, Men

  Francis Bacon (1778). “The Works of Francis Bacon, Baron of Verulam, Viscount St. Alban, and Lord High Chancellor of England: In Five Volumes”, p.456

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• the old fellow seemed to spot deceit as if it reeked like a goat.

  Margery Allingham

  Deception, Goats, Spots

  Margery Allingham (2015). “The Tiger in the Smoke”, p.85, Ipso Books

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• I will tell you privately it's not going to get better, it's going to get worse all the time, but don't fret. Remember, we play the ball where it lies, and now let's not talk about this, ever again.

  Bobby Jones

  Lying, Golf, Play

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• The look of love alarms
  Because 'tis filled with fire;
  But the look of soft deceit
  Shall win the lover's hire.

  William Blake

  Love, Fire, Alarms

  "Complete Writings: With Variant Readings". Book by William Blake, 1966.

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• Just as surely as distress must follow self-deceit, healing must follow self-honesty.

  Vernon Howard

  Honesty, Healing, Self

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• The thing that kills me is all these bands that use huge words in their lyrics, 'I'm swimming in a vortex of apathy.' I'm like, 'What?' I don't walk up to a friend and go 'That's a stylin' looking vortex of apathy you've got there pal. I was swimming up a river of deceit myself.'

  Devin Townsend

  Swimming, Rivers, Apathy

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• All the world suffers from the usury of the Jews, their monopolies and deceit. They have brought many unfortunate people into a state of poverty, especially the farmers, working class people and the very poor. Then as now Jews have to be reminded intermittently anew that they were enjoying rights in any country since they left Palestine and the Arabian desert, and subsequently their ethical and moral doctrines as well as their deeds rightly deserve to be exposed to criticism in whatever country they happen to live.

  Pope Clement VIII

  Country, Class, Rights

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• The gain of lying is nothing else but not to be trusted of any, nor to be believed when we say the truth.

  Walter Raleigh

  Lying, Gains, Dishonesty

  "The Works of Sir Walter Ralegh".

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• Friendship is only friendship when it is real. Passionate and relentless. Forgiving and joyful. Don't forget today to have real moments with your friends. Not a text, or a tweet, an Instagram-- that's all deceit. Hold real hands, kiss genuine lips, be a truly strong human force.

  Lady Gaga

  Strong, Real, Kissing

  FaceBook post by Lady Gaga from Dec 30, 2014

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