#deception

Never attempt to win by force what can be won by deception. ↗

— Niccolò Machiavelli

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Appearances can be deceptive" he says quietly. "I'm anything but fine. I feel like the sun has set and not risen for five days, Ana. I'm in perpetual night here. ↗

— E.L. James

#deception

that's because it's from the night, and the night keeps secrets ↗

— Maggie Stiefvater

#night #deception

names are a way to keep people in your mind ↗

— Maggie Stiefvater

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We must look for consistency. Where there is a want of it we must suspect deception. ↗

— Arthur Conan Doyle

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Almost all people are hypnotics. The proper authority saw to it that the proper belief should be induced, and the people believed properly. ↗

— Charles Fort

#deception #fortean #hypnosis #manipulation #mind-control

What else exhausts like sustained deception? ↗

— Leif Enger

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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

It is a perfect deception when you can lie to yourself and believe it. You cannot love two people the same. One will always fall by the shadows…even if that one is you. ↗

— Michelle Horst

#love #love-hurts #love

Lies are like anchovies in a Caesar salad. You may not be able to see them, but your soul knows they are there. ↗

— Molly Friedenfeld

#honor #inspiration #inspirational-quotes #joy #lies