“Deceiving others. That is what the world calls a romance.”
Oscar Wilde
“When one is in love, one always begins by deceiving one's self, and one always ends by deceiving others. That is what world calls a romance.”
“Those who are protected by the Guru are saved; all others are cheated and plundered by deceitful worldly affairs.”
Sri Guru Granth Sahib
“Who had deceived thee so often as thyself?”
Benjamin Franklin
“The people of the world having once been deceived, suspect deceit in truth itself.”
Hitopadesa
“There is a smile of love,And there is a smile of deceit,And there is a smile of smilesIn which these two smiles meet.”
William Blake
“One should rather die than be betrayed. There is no deceit in death. It delivers precisely what it has promised. Betrayal, though ... betrayal is the willful slaughter of hope.”
Steven Deitz
