"In love deceit almost always outstrips distrust."
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"In love deceit nearly always goes further than mistrust."
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"Our distrust of another justifies his deceit."
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"How often we sin, how much we deceive, and all for what?... All will end in death, all!"
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"We are all created to be miserable, and that we all know it, and all invent means of deceiving each other. And when one sees the truth, what is one to do?"
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"I was now prepared to accept any faith so long as it did not demand a direct denial of reason, which would have been a deceit."
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"Power is a trick. It lies where we believe it lies."
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"The first step is to penetrate the clouds of deceit and distortion and learn the truth about the world, then to organize and act to change it. That's never been impossible and never been easy."
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"And when all was said and done the lies a fellow told about himself couldn't probably hold a proverbial candle to the wholesale whoppers other fellows coined about him."
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"If he's honest, he'll steal; if he's human, he'll murder; if he's faithful, he'll deceive."
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"Urge him with truth to frame his fair replies And sure he will for Wisdom never lies."
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"If I am to serve as an instrument of deceit, at least let it be with a clear conscience. I do not want to be considered either so affectionate or so loyal a servant as to be found fit to betray anyone."
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"Deceit and lying make me feel vulnerable."
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"Then, fare thee well, deceitful Maid!"
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