"Anything is better than lies and deceit!"
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"There is a smile of love, And there is a smile of deceit, And there is a smile of smiles In which these two smiles meet."
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"Deadly poisons are concealed under sweet honey."
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"There is no language without deceit."
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"You mustn't always believe what I say. Questions tempt you to tell lies, particularly when there is no answer."
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"I am an advocate of honesty and openness, and I think deceit is a dangerous seed to plant and let grow in relationships."
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"[Hawthorne''s] pious blame is a chuckle of praise all the while."
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"All that one gains by falsehood is, not to be believed when he speaks the truth."
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"I hate all explanations; they who make them deceive either themselves or the other party,-generally both."
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"Mere flimflam stories, and nothing but shams and lies."
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"One deceit needs many others, and so the whole house is built in the air and must soon come to the ground"
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"Tell all the Truth, but tell it slant/Success in Circuit lies."
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"A liar is a liar and lives on the lies he tells and dies in a life of lies."
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"Wiles and deceit are female qualities."
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"People are capable of seeing the deceit they're ensnared in. They just have to make the effort."
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"Above all, avoid lies, all lies, especially the lie to yourself. Keep watch on your own lie and examine it every hour, every minute. And avoid contempt, both of others and of yourself: what seems bad to you in yourself is purified by the very fact that you have noticed it in yourself. And avoid fear, though fear is simply the consequence of every lie. Never be frightened at your own faintheartedness in attaining love, and meanwhile do not even be very frightened by your own bad acts."
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"It is double pleasure to deceive the deceiver. [Fr., Car c'est double plaisir de tromper le trompeur.]"
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"If the angle you're going at is there's some kind of quid pro quo - there isn't. Business is business, and people are allowed to make money. Looks can be deceiving, because there's no quid pro quo here."
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"We deceive and flatter no one by such delicate artificies as we do our own selves."
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"It is my belief... that the truth is generally preferable to lies."
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