Deceiving Quotes

• Propaganda does not deceive people; it merely helps them to deceive themselves.

  Eric Hoffer

  Hype, People, Doe

  Eric Hoffer (1996). “The Passionate State of Mind”

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• We always deceive ourselves twice about the people we love - first to their advantage, then to their disadvantage.

  Albert Camus

  Love, Life, Deceived Us

  "A Happy Death" by Albert Camus, translated by Richard Howard, 1972.

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• Through pride we are ever deceiving ourselves. But deep down below the surface of the average conscience a still, small voice says to us, something is out of tune.

  Carl Jung

  Leadership, Pride, Average

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• What is the difference between unethical and ethical advertising? Unethical advertising uses falsehoods to deceive the public; ethical advertising uses truth to deceive the public.

  Vilhjalmur Stefansson

  Truth, Differences, Marketing

  Discovery (published 1964).

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• Nothing is so difficult as not deceiving oneself.

  Ludwig Wittgenstein

  Deception, Investing, Difficult

  "Culture and Value" by Ludwig Wittgenstein, translated by Peter Winch, (p. 34e), 1980.

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• Few people have the wisdom to prefer the criticism that would do them good, to the praise that deceives them.

  Francois de La Rochefoucauld

  Wisdom, People, Criticism

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• 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

  Liars, Lying, Book

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• The essence of lying is in deception, not in words.

  John Ruskin

  Lying, Essence, Political

  John Ruskin (1910*). “The Complete Works of John Ruskin”

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• One who deceives will always find those who allow themselves to be deceived.

  Niccolo Machiavelli

  Liars, Lying, Philosophical

  "The Prince".

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• Liars share with those they deceive the desire not to be deceived.

  Sissela Bok

  Liars, Lying, Deception

  Sissela Bok (2011). “Lying: Moral Choice in Public and Private Life”, p.59, Vintage

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• Deceiving others. That is what the world calls a romance.

  Oscar Wilde

  Love, Funny, Witty

  Oscar Wilde (2007). “The Collected Works of Oscar Wilde”, p.39, Wordsworth Editions

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• A hypocrite despises those whom he deceives, but has no respect for himself. He would make a dupe of himself too, if he could.

  William Hazlitt

  Respect, Hypocrite, Hype

  William Hazlitt (1837). “Characteristics: in the manner of Rochefoucault's Maxims [by W. Hazlitt].”, p.142

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• When a person cannot deceive himself the chances are against his being able to deceive other people.

  Mark Twain

  Deceiving Others, People, Deception

  Mark Twain, Harriet Elinor Smith (2012). “Autobiography of Mark Twain: Reader's Edition”, p.224, Univ of California Press

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• In complete darkness we are all the same, it is only our knowledge and wisdom that separates us, don't let your eyes deceive you.

  Janet Jackson

  Education, Wisdom, Eye

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I have always considered it as treason against the great republic of human nature, to make any man's virtues the means of deceiving him.

  Samuel Johnson

  Lying, Mean, Men

  Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy (1840). “The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: With an Essay on His Life and Genius /c by Arthur Murphy, Esq”, p.486

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• It is unhappily true that much insincere Literature and Art, executed solely with a view to effect, does succeed by deceiving the public.

  George Henry Lewes

  Art, Views, Doe

  George Henry Lewes (1891). “The Principles of Success in Literature”

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• He who has made it a practice to lie and deceive his father, will be the most daring in deceiving others.

  Horace

  Lying, Father, Deceiving Others

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• O, what a tangled web we weave when first we practise to deceive!

  Walter Scott

  Wisdom, Truth, Lying

  Marmion canto 6, st. 17 (1808)

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• I have discovered the art of deceiving diplomats. I tell them the truth and they never believe me.

  Camillo Benso, Count of Cavour

  Sarcastic, Art, Truth

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• With a fascist the problem is never how best to present the truth to the public but how best to use the news to deceive the public into giving the fascist and his group more money or more power.

  Henry A. Wallace

  Money, Hype, Giving

  "The Danger of American Fascism". New York Times, April 9, 1944.

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• Hope, deceiving as it is, serves at least to lead us to the end of our lives by an agreeable route.

  Francois de La Rochefoucauld

  Hope, Lying, Deceit

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• There is no more lively sensation than that of pain; its impressions are certain and dependable, they never deceive as may those of the pleasure women perpetually feign and almost never experience.

  Marquis de Sade

  Pain, Hype, Kinky

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• The best way in the world to deceive believers is to cloak a message in religious language and declare that it conveys some new insight from God.

  Charles Stanley

  Religious, Hype, World

  Charles Stanley (2002). “How to Listen to God”, p.32, Thomas Nelson Inc

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• The tongue may be employed about, and made to serve all the purposes of vice, in tempting and deceiving, in perjury and injustice.

  Joseph Butler

  Lying, Vices, Deceit

  Joseph Butler (2012). “Human Nature and other Sermons”, p.26, Simon and Schuster

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• Moreover, statistics can be deceiving: the growth of jobs in the US in the 90s was due to many part-time jobs, with no benefits and generally low pay.

  David Korten

  Jobs, Lying, Hype

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