Remember: The best deceivers do everything they can to cloak their roguish qualities. They cultivate an air of honesty in one area to disguise their dishonesty in others. Honesty is merely another decoy in their arsenal of weapons.
I saw him turn his charm on and off, like water from the tap at the kitchen sink. He said nothing of substance. He seemed to me essentially an actor.
Describing his first meeting Franklin Delano Roosevelt:
Television is never more false than when it's openly sincere.
A flatterers throat is an open Sepulcher.
The worst of all knaves are those who can mimic their former honesty.
Tis time to fear when tyrants seem to kiss.
When you sit face to face with someone who is pleasant, respectful, and polite, you have hard time reminding yourself that nothing he says is true/sincere.
Especially difficult when the first and best unconscious move of a dedicated liar is to persuade himself he's sincere. And once he's sincere, all deception vanishes.
All cruel people describe themselves as paragons of frankness.
I am always insincere, as always knowing there are other moods.
Never trust people who smile constantly. They're either selling something or not very bright.
Giving something back is a huge deal. You'll notice every successful athlete uses that at some point in his career during an interview. "I'm gonna give something back. Gotta give something back to the community." "Yaaaay! Right on!" People just fall for it. It's a necessary inclusion.
When great assurance accompanies a bad undertaking, such is often mistaken for confiding sincerity by the world at large.
Fair speech may hide a foul heart.