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    It seems to me that there are two kinds of trickery: the "fronts" people assume before one another's eyes, and the "front" a writer puts on the face of reality.

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We never deceive for a good purpose: knavery adds malice to
falsehood.
[Fr., On ne trompe point en read more

We never deceive for a good purpose: knavery adds malice to
falsehood.
[Fr., On ne trompe point en bien; la fourberie ajoute la malice
au mensonge.]

by Jean De La Bruyere Found in: Deceit Quotes,
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The man creates a pseudonym and hides behind it like a worm

The man creates a pseudonym and hides behind it like a worm

by Sylvia Plath Found in: Deceit Quotes,
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Deceiving others. That is what the world calls a romance.

Deceiving others. That is what the world calls a romance.

by Oscar Wilde Found in: Deceit Quotes,
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It is twice the pleasure to deceive the deceiver.

It is twice the pleasure to deceive the deceiver.

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For I have sworn thee fair, and thought thee bright, who art as black as hell, as dark as night.

For I have sworn thee fair, and thought thee bright, who art as black as hell, as dark as night.

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There is a cunning which we in England call the turning of the
cat in the pan.

There is a cunning which we in England call the turning of the
cat in the pan.

by Francis Bacon Found in: Deceit Quotes,
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Everyone is born sincere and die deceivers.

Everyone is born sincere and die deceivers.

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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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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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