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    George Orwell
    “In a time of deceit telling the truth is a revolutionary act.”
    ― George Orwell
    tags: truth
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    Noël Coward
    “It's discouraging to think how many people are shocked by honesty and how few by deceit.”
    ― Noël Coward, Blithe Spirit
    tags: deceit, honesty, hypocrisy, morality, shock, top-8
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    Leo Tolstoy
    “Anything is better than lies and deceit!”
    ― Leo Tolstoy, Anna Karenina
    tags: deceit, honesty, lies, lying
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    William Shakespeare
    “The devil can cite Scripture for his purpose.
    An evil soul producing holy witness
    Is like a villain with a smiling cheek,
    A goodly apple rotten at the heart.
    O, what a goodly outside falsehood hath!”
    ― William Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice
    tags: deceit
    543 likes

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    Euripides
    “When one with honeyed words but evil mind
    Persuades the mob, great woes befall the state.”
    ― Euripides, Orestes
    tags: administration, deceit, deception, elections, evil, false-promises, falsehood, government, power, seduction, tyranny
    597 likes

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    Jeanne Birdsall
    “...even a tiny bit of deceit is dishonorable when it's used for selfish or cowardly reasons.

    - Mr. Penderwick”
    ― Jeanne Birdsall, The Penderwicks on Gardam Street
    tags: inspirational, lies, lying, truth
    380 likes

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    Susan Forward
    “When your lover is a liar, you and he have a lot in common, you're both lying to you!”
    ― Susan Forward, When Your Lover Is a Liar: Healing the Wounds of Deception and Betrayal
    tags: compulsive-liars, deceit, infidelity, liar, lies, pathological-liars, trust
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    Italo Calvino
    “Cities, like dreams, are made of desires and fears, even if the thread of their discourse is secret, their rules are absurd, their perspectives deceitful, and everything conceals something else.”
    ― Italo Calvino, Invisible Cities
    tags: cities
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  • #9
    “You must not fall. / When you lose your balance, resist for a long time before turning yourself toward the earth. Then jump. / You must not force yourself to stay steady. You must move forward.”
    ― Philippe Petit
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