Ben Macintyre on deception
Ben Macintyre8 quotes“Deception is a sort of seduction. In love and war, adultery and espionage, deceit can only succeed if the deceived party is willing, in some way, to be deceived.”
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Ben MacintyreBen Macintyre The broad outlines of the Double Cross deception have been known since 1972, when Sir John Masterman, the former chairman of the double agent committee, controversially published his account of the operation in defiance of official secrecy.
Ben MacintyreBen Macintyre If you put into one room everyone who considered themselves a Nietzschean, there would be a bloodbath.
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What destroys us most effectively is not a malign fate but our own capacity for self-deception and for degrading our own best self.
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Ala BashirAla Bashir Love is a deception and a trap.
Al GoldsteinAl Goldstein Holding on to anger as a personal possession will cause suffering. If anger really belonged to us, it would have to obey us. If it doesn’t obey us, that means it’s only a deception.
Ajahn ChahAjahn Chah Don’t fall for it. Whenever the mind is happy or sad, don’t fall for it. Its all a deception.
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