Roger Scruton Quotes

Nothing is more common on earth than to deceive and be deceived.

The world loves to be deceived.

Truth is often the favorite tool of those who deceive.

One who deceives will always find those who allow themselves to be deceived.

The essence of lying is in deception, not in words.

People always overdo the matter when they attempt deception.

All confrontation is based on deception.

The world wants to be deceived.

Oh, what a tangled web we weave when first we practice to believe.

A lie which is half a truth is ever the blackest of lies.

Not only do I lie, I take real pleasure in lying, in the transmission of magic effects.

The best liar is he who makes the smallest amount of lying go the longest way.

No matter how thin you slice it, it's still baloney.

People lie, and they always are very very creative in finding new ways to lie.

Oh, I love to lie. That's one of my favorite things in the world, coming up to somebody, especially press people, and telling them some enormous lie that couldn't possibly be true.

Some people will lie to you because they mean to. Others will do it to tell you what you want to hear.

What we have to do, what at any rate it is our duty to do, is to revive the old art of Lying.

The English follow the principle that when one lies, one should lie big, and stick to it. They keep up their lies, even at the risk of looking ridiculous.

O, what a tangled web we weave, When first we practice to deceive!

One to mislead the public, another to mislead the Cabinet, and the third to mislead itself.

In my lifetime I have never seen such a volume of deceiving and dissembling.

I don't know what else to do other than tell people what I think to be untruths.

Don't pee on my leg and tell me it's raining.

As someone who specializes in deception, I'll tell you this much: When someone insistently implores, 'Believe me,' don't. Pleading 'believe me' or 'trust me' - insisting to people that you are telling the truth - is a tell-tale sign that you probably aren't.

Power and position often make a man trifle with the truth.