There are different types of people in this world. Some are very honest, while others may not be so truthful. If you’re an entrepreneur, it’s important to know which type of person you’re dealing with, in order to protect yourself from being taken advantage of. Here are some deceit quotes that will help you understand the mindset of a liar.
The best deceit quotes
1. When all lies, deceit, pretense is stripped away, what remains? The truth of a painting, or a book or a man. — William S. Burroughs
2. It’s discouraging to think how many people are shocked by honesty and how few by deceit. — Noël Coward, Blithe Spirit
3. It’s discouraging to think how many people are shocked by honesty and how few by deceit. — Noël Coward, Blithe Spirit
4. My nine–month journey through this room I would describe as one of trauma, rage and deceit, all topped off with a splash of human bonding. — Vicki Perry, The Chat Room
5. Deceit is the game of petty spirits, and that is by nature a woman’s quality. — Pierre Corneille
6. Wiggy & I were drug buddies. There is no tighter compact for friendship. There is no greater potential for deceit. — Pete Townshend, Who I Am
7. The look of love alarms Because ’tis filled with fire; But the look of soft deceit Shall win the lover’s hire. — William Blake
8. He that would soothe sorrow must not argue on the vanity of the most deceitful hopes. — Walter Scott
9. In a time of universal deceit–telling the truth is a revolutionary act. — Unknown
10. Her life was a tissue of vanity and deceit. — Virginia Woolf
11. A leader should accurately discern deceit. — Sunday Adelaja
12. Censure is often useful, praise is often deceitful. — Winston Churchill
13. Recollect that the Almighty, who gave the dog to be companion of our pleasures and our toils, hath invested him with a nature noble and incapable of deceit. — Walter Scott
14. When all lies, deceit, pretense is stripped away, what remains? The truth of a painting, or a book or a man. — William S. Burroughs
15. Love binds, and it binds forever. Good binds while evil unravels. Separation is another word for evil; it is also another word for deceit. — Michel Houellebecq, The Elementary Particles
16. For the sadness in legitimate humour consists in the fact that honestly and without deceit it reflects in a purely human way upon what it is to be a child. — Soren Kierkegaard
17. A leader should accurately discern deceit. — Sunday Adelaja
18. What was it Isak Dinesen had said about salt as a cure? Tears, sweat, or the sea. She could use a cure. — Nina Post, The Zaanics Deceit
19. Mostly, it is lies that will destroy a relationship. Deceit is a barrier to intimacy. André Chevalier — Nikki Sex, Elizabeth’s Bondage Boxed Set
20. It is only hope which is real, and reality is a bitterness and a deceit. — William Makepeace Thackeray
21. Christians are called to set people free from the delusion of the world and from the devil’s deceit — Sunday Adelaja
22. Love binds, and it binds forever. Good binds while evil unravels. Separation is another word for evil; it is also another word for deceit. — Michel Houellebecq, The Elementary Particles
23. To find reality you must be real in the smallest daily action; there can be no deceit in the search for truth. — Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj
24. Men are so simple of mind, and so much dominated by their immediate needs, that a deceitful man will always find plenty who are ready to be deceived. — Niccolo Machiavelli
25. He looked at Her, stripped naked for tHe instant of verbiage and deceit. — William Faulkner, Light in August
26. In my relations with my husband, there was never any deceit… he never said he was going out on business; he would say he was going to a show, and I would say, ‘Fine.’ — Rose Kennedy
27. A kind ‘no’ from the heart is better than a deceitful ‘yes’ from the tongue. — Matshona Dhliwayo
28. Children wear their natures like brightly–colored clothes — that’s why they lie so transparently. Adulthood is the art of deceit.
29. In a time of universal deceit–telling the truth is a revolutionary act. — Unknown
30. You can learn things from a heart so bleedingWhen love bargains with deceitful pleading Hours soar from dawn to dawn splitting your time Don’t hear melody from a soundless chime — Munia Khan
31. There is a smile of love, And there is a smile of deceit, And there is a smile of smiles In which these two smiles meet. — William Blake
32. Censure is often useful, praise is often deceitful. — Winston Churchill
33. So much torture, bloodshed, deceit. You cannot make your young people practice torture twenty–four hours a day and not expect to pay a price for it.–Jean — Paul Sartre
34. The world of numbers and words is odd. A number is the only word that doesn’t lie and words can be very deceitful — they create the illusion that a large number hides a great word.
35. To say that ‘the camera cannot lie’ is merely to underline the multiple deceits that are now practised in its name. — Marshall Mcluhan
36. So much torture, bloodshed, deceit. You cannot make your young people practice torture twenty–four hours a day and not expect to pay a price for it.–Jean — Paul Sartre
37. He that would soothe sorrow must not argue on the vanity of the most deceitful hopes. — Walter Scott
38. He that would soothe sorrow must not argue on the vanity of the most deceitful hopes. — Walter Scott
39. Thou speak’st like him’s untutored to repeat: Who makes the fairest show means most deceit. — William Shakespeare
40. Christians are called to set people free from the delusion of the world and from the devil’s deceit — Sunday Adelaja
41. And I watered it in fears, Night and morning with my tears; And I sunned it with smiles, And with soft deceitful wiles. — William Blake
42. Her life was a tissue of vanity and deceit. — Virginia Woolf
43. I’ve learned that sometimes a smile represents the greatest form of deceit. — Michael Gilbert, Perfected Sinfulness
44. A leader should accurately discern deceit. — Sunday Adelaja
45. To say that ‘the camera cannot lie’ is merely to underline the multiple deceits that are now practised in its name. — Marshall Mcluhan
46. My nine–month journey through this room I would describe as one of trauma, rage and deceit, all topped off with a splash of human bonding. — Vicki Perry, The Chat Room
47. Thou speak’st like him’s untutored to repeat: Who makes the fairest show means most deceit. — William Shakespeare
48. And I watered it in fears, Night and morning with my tears; And I sunned it with smiles, And with soft deceitful wiles. — William Blake
49. Love binds, and it binds forever. Good binds while evil unravels. Separation is another word for evil; it is also another word for deceit. — Michel Houellebecq, The Elementary Particles
50. I was trying to spare her any further stress(…)I wasn’ttrying to be deceitful. — Quinn Loftis, Prince of Wolves
Conclusion
Deceit is a tricky thing and can sneak up on us in the most unexpected of places. It is important to remember that in a world full of lies, truth is still the most powerful weapon. With these quotes in mind, remember to always be mindful of your words and actions and never forget to look out for those around you.
