The greatest deception men suffer is from their own opinions.

Maybe there is no guile here," Deor suggested. "Perhaps it is just a group of dragons who have come together to raid the hold." "The difference? If they pretend to cooperate ... they must cooperate to...

Snakes hide in grass, people behind their lies.

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.

She always said, 'I know you like this,' which was a lie, because he had told her he didn't the last time.

I never believed Jacob was human. But sometimes, like a lot of predators, he did a decent impression of one.

Do you know the runes on your sword are nonsense?

You play your cards so close to your chest," said Shadow, "that I'm not even sure they're really cards at all.

Beware the wooden horse, Agamemnon King, Conqueror, for it will roar to the skies on wings of thunder and herald the death of nations.

They understand not only evil, it seemed, but the extravagance of tricks with which evil presents itself as good.

It was my fifth lie to the police. I was just starting.

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.