Deceive boys with toys, but men with oathsLysander
O what a tangled web we weave, When first we practise to deceive!Walter ScottMarmion
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 timeascribed to Abraham Lincoln
One may smile, and smile, and be a villainWilliam ShakespeareHamlet
We are never so easily deceived as when we imagine we are deceiving othersDuc de la RochefoucauldMaxims
ADJECTIVE | VERB + DECEPTIONADJECTIVE➤cruel殘酷的欺騙▸➤elaborate精心策劃的騙局◇His elaborate deception fooled everyone.他這個精心策劃的騙局愚弄了所有人。➤deliberate, intentional故意欺騙➤outright徹底的欺騙◇He wasn't sure whether it was an act of carelessness or an act of outright deception.他拿不準這是疏忽大意之舉還是徹頭徹尾的欺騙行為。VERB + DECEPTION➤practise/practice, use行騙;用欺騙手段◇He'll use deception to get what he wants.他會使用欺騙手段來得到他想要的東西。➤detect, see through發現/看穿騙局◇She failed to see through his deception.她沒有看穿他的騙術。➤obtain sth by (especiallylaw法律) 通過欺騙得到⋯◇She was charged with obtaining property by deception.她被控詐騙財產。