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Trial by jury itself, instead of being a security to persons who
are accused, shall be a delusion, a read more

Trial by jury itself, instead of being a security to persons who
are accused, shall be a delusion, a mockery, and a snare.

by Lord Thomas Denman Found in: Deceit Quotes,
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One may outwit another, but not all the others.
[Fr., On peut etre plus fin qu'un autre, mais non read more

One may outwit another, but not all the others.
[Fr., On peut etre plus fin qu'un autre, mais non pas plus fin
que tous les autres.]

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Don't part with your illusions. When they are gone you may still exist, but you have ceased to live.

Don't part with your illusions. When they are gone you may still exist, but you have ceased to live.

by Mark Twain Found in: Deceit Quotes, Illusion Quotes,
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Falsehood is never so successful as when she baits her hook with truth, and no opinions so fastly misled us read more

Falsehood is never so successful as when she baits her hook with truth, and no opinions so fastly misled us as those that are not wholly wrong, as no timepieces so effectively deceive the wearer as those that are sometimes right.

by Colton Found in: Deceit Quotes,
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God is not averse to deceit in a holy cause.

God is not averse to deceit in a holy cause.

by Aeschylus Found in: Deceit Quotes,
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Hateful to me as the gates of Hades is that man who hides one thing in his heart and speaks read more

Hateful to me as the gates of Hades is that man who hides one thing in his heart and speaks another.

by Homer Found in: Deceit Quotes,
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If the world will be gulled, let it be gulled.

If the world will be gulled, let it be gulled.

by Robert Burton Found in: Deceit Quotes,
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Cunning is the art of concealing our own defects, and discovering the weaknesses of others.

Cunning is the art of concealing our own defects, and discovering the weaknesses of others.

by William Hazlitt Found in: Deceit Quotes,
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You think him to be your dupe; if he feigns to be so who is the
greater dupe, he read more

You think him to be your dupe; if he feigns to be so who is the
greater dupe, he or you?
[Fr., Vous le croyez votre dupe: s'il feint de l'etre, qui est
plus dupe, de lui ou de vous?]

by Jean De La Bruyere Found in: Deceit Quotes,
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