Quotes about Deception

Pride is the master sin of the devil.

Someone who always has to lie discovers that every one of his lies is true.

The majority of mankind would seem to be beguiled into error by pleasure, which, not being really a good, yet seems to be so. So that they indiscriminately choose as good whatsoever gives them pleasure, while they avoid all pain alike as evil.

To beguile is to deceive or lead astray, as Lucifer beguiled Eve in the Garden of Eden.

Lying to God is like sawing the branch you're sitting on. The better you do it, the harder you fall.

A man who makes himself a god must hide; otherwise his false divinity will be unmasked.

Very few people believe in the devil these days, which suits the devil very well. He is always helping to circulate the news of his own death. The essence of God is existence, and He defines Himself as: "I am Who am." The essence of the devil is the lie, and he defines himself as: "I am who am not." Satan has very little trouble with those who do not believe in him; they are already on his side.

We hate others, and call it "zeal"; we flatter others because of what they can do for us, and call it "love"; we lie to them, and call it "tact.

The crosses from the outside are bearable; the double-crosses inside are insoluble

Satan may appear in many disguises like Christ, and at the end of the world will appear as a benefactor and philanthropist—but Satan never has and never will appear with scars.

Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one.

For outward show is a wonderful perverter of the reason.