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Tag Tag Deception
A Truth thats told with bad intent
Beats all the Lies you can invent.
William Blake Auguries of Innocence · 1803

Quotes

“People think that a liar gains a victory over his victim. What I’ve learned is that a lie is an act of self-abdication, because one surrenders one’s reality to the person to whom one lies, making that person one’s master, condemning oneself from then on to faking the sort of reality that person’s view requires to be faked.”

Ayn Rand · Atlas Shrugged, 1957 · Primary source

“Half the truth is often a great lie.”

Benjamin Franklin · Poor Richard’s Almanack, 1732-1758 · Primary source

“Tricks and treachery are the practice of fools, that have not wit enough to be honest.”

Benjamin Franklin · Poor Richard’s Almanack, 1732-1758 · Primary source

“Vice knows she’s ugly, so puts on her mask.”

Benjamin Franklin · Poor Richard’s Almanack, 1732-1758 · Primary source

“You may be too cunning for one, but not for all.”

Benjamin Franklin · Poor Richard’s Almanack, 1732-1758 · Primary source

Works

Ian Fleming · 1957
From Russia, with Love

James Bond is drawn into a Soviet intelligence plot involving defection, deception, assassination, and Cold War rivalry between Britain and the USSR.

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Ian Fleming · 1955
Moonraker

James Bond investigates industrialist Hugo Drax and uncovers a conspiracy involving Britain’s Moonraker missile programme, espionage, deception, and nuclear attack.

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Honesty 11 Integrity 19 Self-betrayal 1 Autonomy 1 Truth 16 Omission 3 Context 1 Misleading claims 1 Treachery 1 Judgement 29 Vice 2 Self-justification 1 Appearance 5 Moral judgement 3 Cunning 1 Trust 20 Exposure 2 Reputation 16 Intent 1 Moral responsibility 7 James Bond 17 Cold War 30 Espionage 8 Nuclear threat 1 Soviet intelligence 1