Kitsch is the most pernicious of all prisons. The bars are covered with the gold of simplistic, unreal feelings, so that you take them for the pillars of a palace.
Pascal MercierTags: illusions deception self-deception kitsch
…If one who slays one is a murderer then he who slays a thousand is not a hero,' said Lalu.
Mulk Raj AnandTags: truth pain deception reality war army destruction soldier
Beware when wrong-doing is called good and right-doing is called evil.
R. Alan WoodsTags: deception good-and-evil delusional good-vs-evil r-alan-woods
I have led you down a road of deception just to correct you and make you look like an uneducated ass
Ashley NewellTags: deception mockery uneducated paraphrasing
The most common sort of lie is that by which a man deceives himself: the deception of others is a relatively rare offense.
Friedrich NietzscheTags: deception lies philosophy religion
Smooth runs the water where the brook is deep;
And in his simple show he harbours treason.
Tags: deception
There is more beauty than our eyes can bear, precious things have been put into our hands and to do nothing to honor them is to do great harm.
Marilynne RobinsonTags: life inspirational kindness love deception beauty world courage grace brave stewardship fortitude eyes precious kind
Questions are only offensive to those who have something to hide
Gary HopkinsTags: inspirational honesty deception god spirituality enlightenment oneness spiritual-growth energy-healing holy-spirit higher-self
The purple, formalized, iridescent, gelatinous bladder of a Portuguese man-of-war was floating close beside the boat. It turned on its side and then righted itself. It floated cheerfully as a bubble with its long deadly purple filaments trailing a yard behind in the water.
Ernest HemingwayMundus vult decipi'—the world wants to be deceived. To live without deception presupposes standards beyond the reach of most people whose existence is largely shaped by compromise, evasion and mutual accommodation. Could they face their weakness, their vanity and selfishness, without a mask?
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