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“if we've been bamboozled long enough, we tend to reject any evidence of the bamboozle. We're no longer interested in finding out the truth. The bamboozle has captured us. It's simply too painful to acknowledge, even to ourselves, that we've been...” Carl Sagan, The Demon-Haunted World
“It was as though, so long as the deceit ran along quiet and monotonous, all of us let ourselves be deceived, abetting it unawares or maybe through cowardice, since all people are cowards and naturally prefer any kind of treachery because it has a...” William Faulkner, As I Lay Dying
“This seemed simple as running water; but simplicity is the most deceitful mistress that ever betrayed man.” Henry Adams, The Education of Henry Adams
“Sigh no more, ladies, sigh no more! Men were deceivers ever, One foot in sea, and one on shore; To one thing constant never.” William Shakespeare, Much Ado About Nothing
“Anything's better than lying and deceit.” Leo Tolstoy, Anna Karenina
“The secret of life is to appreciate the pleasure of being terribly, terribly deceived.” Oscar Wilde, A Woman of No Importance
“To those who cling to power through corruption and deceit and the silencing of dissent, know that you are on the wrong side of history; but that we will extend a hand if you are willing to unclench your fist.” Barack Obama, Inaugural Address
“His promises were, as he then was, mighty; but his performance, as he is now, nothing.” William Shakespeare, Henry VIII
“I did not deceive you, mon ami. At most, I permitted you to deceive yourself.” Agatha Christie, The Mysterious Affair at Styles
“God hath given you one face, and you make yourselves another.” William Shakespeare, Hamlet
“Human society is founded on mutual deceit; few friendships would endure if each knew what his friend said of him in his absence, although he then spoke in sincerity and without passion.” Blaise Pascal, Pensées
“Though men can cover crimes with bold stern looks, poor women's faces are their own faults' books.” William Shakespeare, The Rape of Lucrece
“Nothing is more deceitful . . . than the appearance of humility.” Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice
“Pangloss most cruelly deceived me when he said that everything in the world is for the best.” Voltaire, Candide
“Friend, we understand not one another: I am too courtly, and thou art too cunning.” William Shakespeare, Troilus and Cressida
“The great principle of out-of-door relief is, to give the paupers exactly what they don't want; and then they get tired of coming.” Charles Dickens, Oliver Twist
“We’re the wicked witch. We promise gingerbread, but we eat the little bastards alive.” Orson Scott Card, Ender's Game
“No, no, I am but shadow of myself. You are deceiv'd, my substance is not here;” William Shakespeare, Henry VI, Part 1
“The Devil . . . is a wily one, and, until an hour before he fell, even God thought him beautiful in Heaven.” Arthur Miller, The Crucible
“What a treacherous thing it is to believe that a person is more than a person.” John Green, Paper Towns
“If I could not be persuaded into doing what I thought wrong, I never will be tricked into it.” Jane Austen, Northanger Abbey

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