Oh what a tangled web we weave, When first we practice to deceive. Sir Walter Scott
It’s discouraging to think how many people are shocked by honesty and how few by deceit. Noel Coward
We are never deceived; we deceive ourselves. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
The easiest person to deceive is one’s own self. Edward Bulwer-Lytton
In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act. George Orwell
You can fool too many of the people too much of the time. James Thurber