Quotes about Deception

I am afraid," said I, "that the facts are so obvious that you will find little credit to be gained out of this case." "There is nothing more deceptive than an obvious fact," he answered, laughing.

you know a conjurer gets no credit when once he has explained his trick and if I show too much of my method of working, you will come to the conclusion that I am a very ordinary individual after all. -Sherlock Holmes

There are a terrible lot of lies going around the world, and the worst of it is half of them are true.

There are two ways to be fooled: one is to believe what isn't true, the other is to refuse to believe what is true." Another translation says:"There are two ways to be fooled: one is to believe what isn't so; the other is to refuse to believe what is so.

What you do in this world is a matter of no consequence, the question is what you can make people believe that you have done.

These false pretexts and varnished colours failing, rare in thy guilt how foul must thou appear.

The infernal serpent; he it was, whose guile, Stirr'd up with envy and revenge, deceiv'd the mother of mankind.

The serpent subtlest beast of all the field.

Truth… never comes into the world but like a bastard, to the ignominy of him that brought her forth.

But all was false and hollow; through his tongue dropp'd manna, and could make the worse appear the better reason.

Vain wisdom all, and false philosophy.

Hence vain deluding Joys,The brood of Folly without father bred!