The greatest deception men suffer is from their own opinions.
To know when to use the truth is the essence of successful deception
For the lips of an immoral woman drip honey, and her mouth is smoother than oil; but in the end she is as bitter as wormwood, sharp as a two-edged sword. Her feet go down to death, her steps lay hold...
And we all know love is a glass which makes even a monster appear fascinating.
I never believed Jacob was human. But sometimes, like a lot of predators, he did a decent impression of one.
Amy's basically exploiting the sociopath's most reliable maxim. The bigger the lie, the more they believe it.
The keepers would give the gorillas an assortment of fruits and vegetables each afternoon, and on this particular occasion, Judy Sievert tossed Nina an apple, which rolled away. Instead of going to...
The moment of assassination is the moment when power and the ignorance of power come together, with Death as validator.
I think beauty can be a great lie. Sometimes the greatest lie.
′You're a very unusual man, Mark,′ she'd said. ′That's nice of you to say so,′ he said.
Do not be disingenuous with me, Colonel Graff. Americans are quite apt at playing stupid when they choose to, but I am not to be deceived.
The Red Lion was a four-ale bar with a handful of lowbrowed sons of toil who looked as though they...
What could you do? Major Major asked himself again. What could you do with a man who looked you...
If I turned towards books, it was because they were the only sanctuary I knew, one I needed in order...
We all had to pay, but not for the crimes we were accused of. There were other scores to settle.
Havermeyer was a lead bombardier who never missed. Yossarian was a lead bombardier who had been...
Why are they going to disappear him? I don't know. It doesn't make sense. It isn't even good...
Keep in mind that when we talk of a great painting we are not really talking about anything great....
Read me back the last line. 'Read me back the last line,' read back the corporal who could take...
the full fury of his storming countenance with its rugged overhang of gullied forehead and huge crag...
