#deceit

I find it most offensive that the character of Reason, whom [Jean den Meun (author of the Romance of the Rose)] himself calls the daughter of God, should put forth such a statement as ... where she says by way of a proverb that "in the war of Love it is better to deceive than be deceived." And indeed I dare say that in making that statement Jean den Meun's Reason denied her Father, for the doctrine He gave was altogether different. ↗

— Christine de Pizan

#deceit #dishonesty #falsehood #love #reason

A prisoner's shackles would always be a lawyers joy. ↗

— Dennis E. Adonis

#chance #deceit #freedom #lawyers #life

There is nothing more natural than to consider everything as starting from oneself, chosen as the center of the world; one finds oneself thus capable of condemning the world without even wanting to hear its deceitful chatter. ↗

— Guy Debord

#center #chatter #chosen #condemning #consider

I will say that the idea of a woman being deceptive came from that original discussion with critics and reporters about if woman could do that kind of thing. Evelyn, herself, grew out of the discussions about how capable women are of deceit and lying and manipulation. ↗

— Neil LaBute

#being #came #capable #could #critics

The art of using deceit and cunning grow continually weaker and less effective to the user. ↗

— John Tillotson

#continually #cunning #deceit #effective #grow

It is only hope which is real, and reality is a bitterness and a deceit. ↗

— William Makepeace Thackeray

#bitterness #deceit #only #real #reality

I have learned that the state of Israel cannot be ruled in our generation without deceit and adventurism. These are historical facts that cannot be altered. ↗

— Moshe Sharett

#cannot #deceit #facts #generation #historical

It's discouraging to think how many people are shocked by honesty and how few by deceit. ↗

— Noel Coward

#discouraging #few #honesty #how #many