Deception/motives

Famous quotes containing the words deception and/or motives:

    “To many men much-wandering hope comes as a boon, but to many others it is the deception of vain desires.”
    —Sophocles (497–406/5 B.C.)

    “... for the motives of acts
    Are rarely the same
    As their name, as their name....”
    —Philip Larkin (1922–1986)