#deception

I pray to God that I shall not live one hour after I have thought of using deception. ↗

— Elizabeth I

#deception #god #hour #i #live

Nationalism is power hunger tempered by self-deception. ↗

— George Orwell

#nationalism #power #self-deception #tempered

You just sit there and tolerate it, the same way everything in this country is tolerated. Every deception, every lie, every bullet in the brains. Just as you are already tolerating bullets in the brains that will be implemented only after the bullet is put in your brains. ↗

— Imre Kertész

#deception #government #radicalism #tolerance #truth

Many things are not as they seem: The worst things in life never are. ↗

— Jim Butcher

#harry-dresden #life #life

The one charm about marriage is that it makes a life of deception absolutely necessary for both parties. ↗

— Oscar Wilde

#absolutely #both #charm #deception #life

Above all, don't lie to yourself. The man who lies to himself and listens to his own lie comes to a point that he cannot distinguish the truth within him, or around him, and so loses all respect for himself and for others. And having no respect he ceases to love. ↗

— Fyodor Dostoyevsky

#love #respect #self-deception #truth #love

The essence of football was blocking, tackling, and execution based on timing, rhythm and deception. ↗

— Knute Rockne

#blocking #deception #essence #execution #football

The art of pleasing is the art of deception. ↗

— Luc de Clapiers

#deception #pleasing

I was involved, deeply involved, in a deception... I have deceived my friends - and I had millions of them. ↗

— Charles Van Doren

#deception #deeply #friends #had #i

I've spent a lot of time researching the subject and government deception. So to be involved in Star Trek is perfect for me. I enjoy meeting the fans and discussing my interests with them. ↗

— Dwight Schultz

#discussing #enjoy #fans #government #i