Quotations are the fundamental distillation of a writer’s life and thinking as recorded in words and phrases for posterity. Through them the reader is afforded the unique opportunity to share in the thoughts, the life and the experiences of the writer. In a special way, they offer the reader a window into the mind of the author and hopefully an inducement to read further and learn more about the author and the story he relates.

On a wider scale, they are, as William Feather wrote, “the wisdom of the wise and the experience of the ages preserved into perpetuity“, and as such they are available for the enrichment and enhancement of humanity, regardless of age, sex, race, educational or economic status. They are indeed, as the Talmud states, “food for the famished”.

The collection of quotations presented in this blog, have been chosen by me because of their special impact upon me. They have been published so that you too, may experience the joy I have had over the years reading them and getting to know the authors.

I trust that you will come to know the feeling of deep satisfaction possible from reading them, searching out the author and meditating upon their meaning and their impact on your life.

Thursday, June 19, 2008

DECEIT

Integrity is the life blood of a democracy.
Deceit is a poison in it’s veins. …..Edward Kennedy

What a tangled web we weave;
..When first we practice to Deceive. …..J. R. Pope

Everyone is born sincere and die Deceivers. ….Marquis de Vauvenagues

All Deceit weakens confidence and chills benevolence. … Samuel Johnson

In a time of Universal Deceit;
..Telling the truth is a revolutionary act. …George Orwell

If the people wished to be Deceived;
..Let them be deceived. ….Cardinal Carlo Caraffa

The easiest person to Deceive is one’s own self. ….Edward G. Bulyer-Lytton

Self-deception, the root of all evil. …..Lazurus Long

Not a word from their mouths can be trusted, their hearts are filled with destruction.
Their throats are an open grave, with their tongues they speak Deceit. …..Psalm 5:9

It may be possible to Deceive men;
but you cannot Deceive the gods. …….Chinese Proverb

You can fool some of the people all the time;
and all of the people some of the time;
But you cannot fool all the people all the time. …..Phineas T. Barnum

We are never deceived, we Deceive ourselves. ……..Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Nothing is so easy as to Deceive oneself;
For what we wish, we readily Believe. …….Demostenes

The easiest way to be Deceived is to believe yourself
to be more cunning than others. ……Pierre Charron

All Deception in the course of life is indeed nothing else but a lie, reduced to practice;
And falsehood, passing from words into things. …..Robert South

It is a double pleasure to deceive the Deceiver. ……Jean de la Fontane
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