When one with honeyed words but evil mind
Persuades the mob, great woes befall the state.
Tag: deception power evil tyranny elections government falsehood deceit administration seduction false-promises
youth is easily deceived because it is quick to hope.
AristotleTag: wisdom youth hope gullibility deceit
Mindfulness helps us get better at seeing the difference between what’s happening and the stories we tell ourselves about what’s happening, stories that get in the way of direct experience. Often such stories treat a fleeting state of mind as if it were our entire and permanent self.
Sharon SalzbergTag: deception buddhism lies inspiration stories fiction psychology false meditation deceit fake fable
...a third [of three] had died in his bunk of natural causes--for a dagger in the heart quite naturally ends one's life.
R.A. SalvatoreA liar is always lavish of oaths.
Pierre CorneilleBetrayal and dishonor is usually an inside job. Keep it 'sucka-free', loved one!
T.F. HodgeTag: deception betrayal deceit quotes dishonor disgrace
What man ever openly apologizes for slander? It is not so much a feeling of slander as it is that of a massive lie, a misdeed not only to the slandered but also to those manipulated in the process. He has made them all, every one, his enemies, thereupon he is so overwhelmed with guilt that he will deny it until his grave.
Criss JamiTag: lies denial guilt manipulation feelings grave gossip slander deceit enemy apologies libel feelings-of-weakness massive defamation overwhelming misdeed
The only thing more frustrating than slanderers is those foolish enough to listen to them.
Criss JamiTag: lies jealousy frustration falsehood slander fool deceit listen envy jealous troublesome annoying haters
Psychobabble attempts to redefine the entire English language just to make a correct statement incorrect. Psychology is the study of why someone would try to do this.
Criss JamiTag: humor language psychology funny justification fallacy deceit incorrect argue debate english study babble funny-but-true debating arguing correct argumentation refutation self-justification babbling craftiness fallacies psychobabble redefine retorts wrongness
I am convinced that human life is filled with many pure, happy, serene examples of insincerity, truly splendid of their kind-of people deceiving one another without (strangely enough) any wounds being inflicted, of people who seem unaware even that they are deceiving one another.
Osamu DazaiTag: life deception human deceit
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