There are several signs you must pay attention too for knowing if you are dealing with a manipulator. Here are some of the best quotes about deceitful family members that capture the lack decency that exists among those closest to you.
“A deception that elevates us is dearer than a host of low truths.”
“A truth that’s told with bad intent beats all the lies you can invent.”
“All deception in the course of life is indeed nothing else but a lie reduced to practice, and falsehood passing from words into things.”
“Anything is better than lies and deceit!”
“Deceit is in the heart of them that imagine evil: but to the counsellors of peace is joy.”
“Deceive the rich and powerful if you will, but don’t insult them.”
“Do not be deceived: bad company corrupts good morals.”
“During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act”
“Hateful to me as the gates of Hades is that man who hides one thing in his heart and speaks another.”
“He seemed For dignity compos’d and high exploit: But all was false and hollow.”
“I’m not upset that you lied to me, I’m upset that from now on I can’t believe you.”
“In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king.”
“It is a pity that we so often succeed our endeavors to deceive each other.”
“It’s discouraging to think how many people are shocked by honesty and how few by deceit.”
“Lying and stealing are next door neighbors.”
“No man is happy without a delusion of some kind. Delusions are as necessary to our happiness as realities.”
“Nothing is more easy than to deceive one’s self, as our affections are subtle persuaders.”
“One deceit needs many others, and so the whole house is built in the air and must soon come to the ground”
“Persistent distrust is the flame of deceit. Be as good as your word or be singed by the heat.”
“The most deceitful persons spend their lives in blaming deceit, so as to use it on some great occasion to promote some great interest.”
“The only thing more frustrating than slanderers is those foolish enough to listen to them.”
“The secret of life is to appreciate the pleasure of being terribly deceived.”
“There is no deception on the part of the woman, where a man bewilders himself: if he deludes his own wits, I can certainly acquit the women.”
“We pay a person the compliment of acknowledging his superiority whenever we lie to them.”
“When it comes to controlling human beings there is no better instrument than lies. Because, you see, humans live by beliefs. And beliefs can be manipulated.”
“When one is in love, one always begins by deceiving one’s self, and one always ends by deceiving others. That is what the world calls a romance.”
“When one with honeyed words but evil mind persuades the mob, great woes befall the state.”
“Whenever, therefore, people are deceived and form opinions wide of the truth, it is clear that the error has slid into their minds through the medium of certain resemblances to that truth.”
“With affection beaming in one eye, and calculation shining out of the other.”
“Yeah, it never fails to amaze me how a single lie can undo an entire lifetime of good.”
“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 of the time.”
“You may tell the greatest lies and wear a brilliant disguise, but you can’t escape the eyes of the one who sees right through you.”
“You must remember, my dear lady, the most important rule of any successful illusion: First, the people must want to believe in it.”
There are various strategies you can use for dealing with difficult family members.
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