Ivy Compton-Burnett Quotes

Did you ever think that maybe what you see isn't really what's true?

In Shakespeare's world, characters cannot trust their senses. Is the ghost in Hamlet true and truthful, or is it a demon, tempting young Hamlet into murderous sin? Is Juliet dead or merely sleeping? Does Lear really stand at the edge of a great cliff? Or has the Fool deceived him to save his life?

I realize that nothing's as it seems.

I often tend to think that things are not what they seem.

Sometimes what we see, what's going on in front of us, isn't really what's happening.

Please remember: things are not what they seem.

Seeing is not always believing.

There is nothing more deceptive than an obvious fact.

Belief and seeing: They are both often wrong.

We do not see people as they are, but as they appear to us. And these appearances are usually misleading.

Everything isn't exactly what it seems from the outside.

Things are not always as they seem.

I feel that one of the most important lessons that can be learned is that what we "see" may be different than what is actually in front of us.

We are led to believe a lie When we see not through the eye.

Everything you know could already be wrong.

Pictures can be pretty deceptive.

We move from the illusion of certainty, to the certainty of illusion

Things don't always look as they seem.

It's lies. It's all lies. Some of them are just prettier than others, that's all. People see what they think is there.

Truth does less good in the world than its appearances do harm.

Illusions are hazardous, and so are disillusions.

Truth, like light, blinds. Falsehood, on the contrary, is a beautiful twilight that enhances every object.

Things are not always as they seem; the first appearance deceives many.

Image is what people perceive my life to be. It's nothing like the truth.

Truth is always a delusion.