Semiotics

"Or shipwrecked, kindles on the coast False fires, that others may be lost."

"Deceit and treachery skulk with hatred, but an honest spirit flieth with anger."

"Hinc nunc præmium est, qui recta prava faciunt."

"Orlando's helmet in Augustine's cowl."

"Wir betrügen und schmeicheln niemanden durch so feine Kunstgriffe als uns selbst."

"Savoir dissimuler est le savoir des rois."

"Singuli enim decipere et decipi possunt: nemo omnes, neminem omnes fefellunt."

"Altera manu fert lapidem, altera panem ostentat."

"Habent insidias hominis blanditiæ mali."

"Fronte politus Astutam vapido servas sub pectore vulpem."

"Furtum ingeniosus ad omne, Qui facere assueret, patriæ non degener artis, Candida de nigris, et de candentibus atra."

"Pia fraus."

"Impia sub dulci melle venena latent."

"On est aisément dupé par ce qu'on aime."

"He seemed For dignity compos'd and high exploit: But all was false and hollow."

"Where the lion's skin falls short it must be eked out with the fox's."

"It is vain to find fault with those arts of deceiving, wherein men find pleasure to be deceived."

"You can fool some of the people all of the time, and all of the people some of the time, but you cannot fool all of the people all the time."

"On pout être plus fin qu'un autre, mais non pas plus fin que tous les autres."

"Le bruit est pour le fat, la plainte pour le sot; L'honnête homme trompé s'éloigne et ne dit mot."

"Car c'est double plaisir de tromper le trompeur."

"On ne trompe point en bien; la fourberie ajoute la malice au mensonge."

"Vous le croyez votre dupe: s'il feint de l'être, qui est plus dupe, de lui ou de vous?"

"Hateful to me as are the gates of hell, Is he who, hiding one thing in his heart, Utters another."

"The angel answer'd, "Nay, sad soul; go higher! To be deceived in your true heart's desire Was bitterer than a thousand years of fire!""

"Which I wish to remark— And my language is plain,— That for ways that are dark And for tricks that are vain, The heathen Chinee is peculiar."

"Non mancano pretesti quando si vuole."

"Man wird betrogen, man betrügt sich selbst."

"A delusion, a mockery, and a snare."

"Improbi hominis est mendacio fallere."

"Populus vult decipi; decipiatur."

"If the world will be gulled, let it be gulled."

"What song the Syrens sang, or what name Achilles assumed when he hid himself among women."

"Think'st thou there are no serpents in the world But those who slide along the grassy sod, And sting the luckless foot that presses them? There are who in the path of social life Do bask their spotted skins in Fortune's sun, And sting the soul."

"There is a cunning which we in England call the turning of the cat in the pan."

"God is not averse to deceit in a holy cause."

"I never lie, even to this day. Not even a little. Unless you count playing pranks on people, which I don't. That's comedy. Entertainment doesn't count. A joke is different from a lie, even if the difference is kind of subtle."

"A lie has no legs, and cannot stand; but it has wings, and can fly far and wide."

"All warfare is based on deception."

"A computer would deserve to be called intelligent if it could deceive a human into believing that it was human."

"I think the inherent right of the Government to lie to save itself when faced with nuclear disaster is basic."

"When dishonest men come to your banquet, they are troubled and try to hide it."

"The dishonest man stole silver; the honest man will earn his pay."

"A lie is an abomination unto the Lord, and a very present help in trouble."

"Bread gained by deceit tastes good to a man, but afterward his mouth will be full of gravel."

"The righteous one hates lies, but the actions of the wicked bring shame and disgrace."

"Truthful lips will endure forever, but a lying tongue will last for only a moment."

"O, that deceit should dwell In such a gorgeous palace!"

"Oh, that deceit should steal such gentle shapes, And with a virtuous vizard hide foul guile."

"Who makes the fairest show means most deceit."