#deception

I´ve blown it, the whole grisly charade. ↗

— Suzanne Finnamore

#cheating #deception #divorce #infidelity #marriage

All warfare is based on deception. ↗

— Sun Tzu

#deception #warfare

The petty man is eager to make boasts, yet desires that others should believe in him. He enthusiastically engages in deception, yet wants others to have affection for him. He conducts himself like an animal, yet wants others to think well of him. ↗

— Xun Zi

#animal #believe #boasts #conducts #deception

There's that horrible-beautiful moment, that bitter-sweet impasse where you know that somebody is bullshitting you but they're doing it with such panache and conviction...no, it's because they say exactly what you want to hear, at that point in time. ↗

— Irvine Welsh

#bittersweet #lie #self-deception #beauty

A deception that elevates us is dearer than a host of low truths. ↗

— Marina Tsvetaeva

#deception #elevates #host #low #than

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

Reality is easy. It's deception that's the hard work. ↗

— Lauryn Hill

#easy #hard #hard work #reality #work

Men still have to be governed by deception. ↗

— Georg C. Lichtenberg

#governed #men #still

From secrecy and deception in high places, come home, America. From military spending so wasteful that it weakens our nation, come home, America. ↗

— George McGovern

#come #deception #high #high places #home

Self-deception ultimately explains Japan's plight. The Japanese have never accepted that change is in their interest - and not merely a response to U.S. criticism. ↗

— Paul Samuelson

#change #criticism #explains #interest #japan